"Pipelined" SQL already exists in the form of common table expressions. I don't know of any providers where this is not available. SQLite has had support since 2014.
I agree that CTEs help solve the problem of being able to read a SQL query from top to bottom, but I wouldn't say they're a panacea!
Personally, it's weird to me that `FROM` (scan) comes after `SELECT` (projection). IMHO the datasource should come first!
CTEs don't solve this problem they just let you chain multiple SELECTs together.
A real use case is that it would allow intellisense to kick in a lot earlier!
Instead you have to write `SELECT * FROM my_table` and only after can you edit the `*` and get auto-complete suggestions of the columns from `my_table`
Personally, it's weird to me that `FROM` (scan) comes after `SELECT` (projection). IMHO the datasource should come first!
CTEs don't solve this problem they just let you chain multiple SELECTs together.
A real use case is that it would allow intellisense to kick in a lot earlier!
Instead you have to write `SELECT * FROM my_table` and only after can you edit the `*` and get auto-complete suggestions of the columns from `my_table`