I agree with you, I haven't found an alternative that is less bad. But that doesn't mean that I like SQL. It is so inconsistent and uncomposible, with too many

I agree with you, I haven't found an alternative that is less bad. But that doesn't mean that I like SQL. It is so inconsistent and uncomposible, with too many awkward ways to do different things. I love the idea of a functional algebra for querying a database, and while SQL is acceptable, it is far from great in my opinion.