Hi Abdelrahman,

The vote usually lasts for 72 hours.

Best regards,

Yuan


On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 10:28 PM Abdelrahman Mostafa <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Yuan,
>
> Thank you for the feedback and guidance.
>
> Regarding the clause ordering, my preference is to follow `FROM relation
> SELECT ... WHERE ...` for the following reasons:
>
>    - It simply moves the FROM clause to the front of a traditional SQL
>    statement without changing the familiar structure of the rest of the
> query.
>    This makes the feature intuitive from day one.
>    - It still provides the intended benefits, including improved IDE/CLI
>    auto-completion and faster data exploration.
>    - Aligning with the approach used in DuckDB helps maintain consistency
>    with an existing implementation, reducing the learning curve and
> avoiding
>    introducing a completely new clause ordering.
>
> As you suggested, I will initiate a vote on the mailing list to gather the
> community's preference on whether SELECT or WHERE should come first.
> Also, how long would you recommend keeping the vote open?
>
> Best regards,
> Abdelrahman
>

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