Xquery and Linq both use FLWOR like syntax which puts the "FROM" first and helps auto complete, wish SQL had ordered things this way: https://en.wikipedia.org/

Xquery and Linq both use FLWOR like syntax which puts the "FROM" first and helps auto complete, wish SQL had ordered things this way: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLWOR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLWOR SELECT first_name FROM person WHERE first_name LIKE 'john' becomes: FROM person WHERE first_name LIKE 'john' SELECT first_name SQL reads more English like while from first is more Yoda speak but the auto-complete is worth more to me.