A Critique of Modern SQL And A Proposal Towards A Simple and Expressive Query Language
Summary: Empirical critique of modern SQL from real-query analysis exposing inconsistent syntax, poor learnability, and limited extensibility. Proposes SaneQL: a concise, consistent language preserving multiset semantics and supporting user-defined operators that integrate with built-ins. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Thomas Neumann
- 2. Viktor Leis
Incoming Citations (Sorted by Pagerank)
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| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,012 | SQL Has Problems. We Can Fix Them: Pipe Syntax In SQL | 2024 | VLDB | 5.7599595e-05 |
| 5,411 | Beyond Relations: A Case for Elevating to the Entity-Relationship Abstraction | 2025 | CIDR | 5.5207515e-05 |
| 5,915 | Runtime-Extensible Parsers | 2025 | CIDR | 5.274713e-05 |
| 9,986 | Database Research needs an Abstract Relational Query Language | 2026 | CIDR | 4.1945683e-05 |
| 9,997 | Raqlet: Cross-Paradigm Compilation for Recursive Queries | 2026 | CIDR | 4.1945683e-05 |
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Citations counted here include only citations to other VLDB/SIGMOD/CIDR/PODS papers in this database.
| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,427 | Towards Scalable Dataframe Systems | 2020 | VLDB | 0.0001204248 |
| 3,763 | Flexible Rule-Based Decomposition and Metadata Independence in Modin: A Parallel Dataframe System | 2022 | VLDB | 6.7801795e-05 |
| 4,262 | Efficient Processing of Window Functions in Analytical SQL Queries | 2015 | VLDB | 6.3117226e-05 |
| 6,990 | Machine Learning, Linear Algebra, and More: Is SQL All You Need? | 2022 | CIDR | 4.8704904e-05 |
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