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<h1 class="post-title"><a href="https://paulwilde.uk/ponderings/sql-haiku/">SQL Haiku</a></h1>
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<pre data-lang="sql" style="background-color:#212121;color:#eeffff;" class="language-sql "><code class="language-sql" data-lang="sql"><span style="color:#c792ea;">SELECT</span><span> haiku </span><span style="color:#c792ea;">FROM
</span><span>tableHaikus </span><span style="color:#c792ea;">WHERE</span><span> LEFT(name,
</span><span style="color:#f78c6c;">3</span><span>) </span><span style="color:#89ddff;">LIKE '</span><span style="color:#c3e88d;">SQL</span><span style="color:#89ddff;">'</span><span>;
</span></code></pre>
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