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How come a standard (network) protocol for SQL RDBMS'es never came to be? Sort of JDBC, but based on TCP (HTTP?) not Java.
by JakaJancar 7y ago
How come a standard (network) protocol for SQL RDBMS'es never came to be? Sort of JDBC, but based on TCP (HTTP?) not Java.
- flukus 7y agoBecause once you get beyond select and where clauses database diverge a lot in capabilities and syntax. If all you want is a common interface to send arbitrary text to an arbitrary RDBMS then ODBC mostly solves this.