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The syntax of MSSQL is very behind the competition and still based on Sybase. Even basic string functions aren't available or have weird arguments. If you aren
by frik 11y ago
The syntax of MSSQL is very behind the competition and still based on Sybase. Even basic string functions aren't available or have weird arguments.
If you aren't locked into their eco-system stay clear away from it. Otherwise you will regret it, as the licensing costs are very expensive and per CPU core (think Oracle). Better switch to MySQL or Postgres or Lucene, etc.
- pjmlp 11y agoThere is more to a SQL server than the language. For example, OLAP, distributed transactions, cluster scalability and so on.