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>>legran+(OP)
Here is one example from the PDF:

    FROM r JOIN s USING (id)
    |> WHERE r.c < 15
    |> AGGREGATE sum(r.e) AS s GROUP BY r.d
    |> WHERE s > 3
    |> ORDER BY d
    |> SELECT d, s, rank() OVER (order by d)

Can we call this SQL anymore after this? This re-ordering of things has been done by others too, like PRQL, but they didn't call it SQL. I do think it makes things more readable.

>>Cianti+06
My initial reaction is that the pipes are redundant (syntactic vinegar). Syntactic order is sufficient.

The changes to my SQL grammar to accomodate this proposal are minor. Move the 'from' rule to the front. Add a star '*' around a new filters rule (eg zero-or-more, in any order), removing the misc dialect specific alts, simplifying my grammar a bit.

Drop the pipes and this would be terrific.