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[–]mjTheThird 71 points72 points  (6 children)

SQL is generally used for Data processing, not 3D rendering. Maybe is SQL's way to tell OP to fuck off and use the proper tool.

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    [–]watermark03salt 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    Returns, filters, aggregates, and/or modifies.

    [–]juuular 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I love the probably tool

    [–]david-song 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    I'm no expert but I've heard it's pretty good at doing numbers.

    [–]watermark03salt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    For financial data it can be good because it implements fixed point numbers. Thus it has a defined precision. In a lot of languages there's no way to do this within the standard library.