Yeah, if you're going to conditionally add filters, this is mostly the only way with SQL. There are a few tricks depending on the dialect, like =ANY() is more c

Yeah, if you're going to conditionally add filters, this is mostly the only way with SQL. There are a few tricks depending on the dialect, like =ANY() is more convenient than IN, or COALESCE can avoid some dynamic WHEREs. You're not really missing anything other than query builders, which are worse for other reasons.