Re: most powerful php editor

On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 20:44 -0600, Larry Garfield wrote: > On Wednesday 24 January 2007 8:07 pm, Robert Cummings wrote: > > > There is no way in hell one long line of SQL is easier to read than > > formatted SQL that clearly delineates the clause structure. > > Sure there is. If it's a very simple SQL statement. > > I have at various times done all of the following, depending on the complexity > of the statement in question: > > SELECT id, foo, FROM foo_table WHERE id=5 > > (Too short to really bother with splitting up.) > > SELECT id, foo, bar, baz > FROM foo_table > INNER JOIN bar_table on a=b > LEFT OUTER JOIN baz_table on b=c > WHERE blah > AND stuff < narf > OR (thingie AND other) > ORDER BY foo > > SELECT a.a, a.b, a.c > b.d, b.e, b.f > FROM a > INNER JOIN b ON whatever > ORDER BY a.b, a.c DESC I notice you formatted all of the "long" ones. That's why in my original statement I wrote "There is no way in hell one long line". Subsequently, I deem you to be in agreement with my point, despite the misguided protest :B Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'