I tend to disagree, since I find SQL orders of magnitude more intuitive than regular expressions, having no problem picking it up once every couple of months wi

I tend to disagree, since I find SQL orders of magnitude more intuitive than regular expressions, having no problem picking it up once every couple of months without requiring to fallback on books or cheat sheets for implementing the majority of queries. Sure, every now and then we have to optimize a query or implement a complex data extraction pattern forcing us to study how to do it, but for me this is unusual. The key aspect of SQL that makes it easy for me is readability. Once you know the basics you can understand what a query is doing just by looking at it. Regular expressions notation on the other hand are really though to read, and indeed I keep always forgetting its syntax.