I don't see how that is supporting "SQL is declarative and therefore simple". You've kept the declarative part, but it's not simple anymore. You need to know mu

I don't see how that is supporting "SQL is declarative and therefore simple". You've kept the declarative part, but it's not simple anymore. You need to know multiple declarative ways to ask for the same thing, and the consequences of each. Might as well just tell the DB how you want to do it.