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On 2/27/25 4:39 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Feb 2025 12:04:15 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>>> Ummmmmm ... SQL from *anything* isn't especially "pleasant'  🙂
>>
>> It is if you restrict yourself to just a few library bits that work
>> [well]
> 
> I think the most complex query I’ve done is a 7-way table join.


   I only used SQL to do the initial selection - and
   then more custom code to go through/organize that.
   Table-joins and the rest are just too evil. No
   "simple" once you get to that junk (and it's SLOW too).
   Dump the initial find to a file and use 'C' to go
   on from there.