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matsemann on Oct 10, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: SQL Fiddle

SQL has the weakness, not LINQ.

In LINQ, you do "FROM x SELECT y". So the editor can help you autocomplete the y, since it knows the context.

In SQL, you do "SELECT y FROM x". Thus the editor cannot help you with y.

smsm42 on Oct 11, 2013 [–]

Excellent point. I guess when SQL was designed not many autocompleting IDEs were around though...

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