PRQL??? I hardly SQL

TLDR PRQL is a SQL complier that lets you write SQL with a different mindset. PRQL outputs a SQL query at base. ClickHouse and DuckDB support PRQL via community extentions and the PRQL dialect can be executed directly. Isn’t SQL good enough? Lets start by acknowledging that there is nothing wrong with the state of SQL language other than the fact that it can only be written is a certain way. Which for some might not be the most intuitive way of thinking about how the query engine works. Source - bytebytego ...

February 7, 2025 · 3 min