Yes, I totally get that. SQL is very powerful. But since it's not something I need to work with every day, I grow tired of learning it one year and then relearning it the next. I could spend a week learning it inside and out, I suppose. But my other thought is that since I'm not a professional db programmer, maybe building on someone else's work is good enough for me. And I'm particularly intrigued by the idea of being able to write a simple line of Perl code and have all the heavy lifting done for me.

Perhaps if I saw an example of how to properly use SQL queries with a Perl application I would at least have something to draw from. All I really know are snippets from SQL tutorials. I guess it feels little overwhelming to figure out best practices without seeing how it should be done.

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