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> I just want my SQL back. Which of them? There are as many SQLs as there are implementations. You can't take an SQL schema from one DBMS and drop it into a di
by jusssi 6y ago
> I just want my SQL back.
Which of them? There are as many SQLs as there are implementations. You can't take an SQL schema from one DBMS and drop it into a different one, without conversion. Also you can't take a query written for particular SQL implementation and expect it to work and return the same results, except for very simple queries.
- yoz-y 6y agoThis. The author also acknowledges that some of the languages they complain about are SQL dialects. Often they are simplified versions of the "generic SQL", e.g. AWQL does not have JOINs. Supporting all standard SQL features might be worthless and/or impossible for some domains.