>It’s strange to hear the lock-in argument when in practice even a set of pretty regular queries and DDL is generally non-portable, neither syntax nor performan

>It’s strange to hear the lock-in argument when in practice even a set of pretty regular queries and DDL is generally non-portable, neither syntax nor performance-wise. Many ORM's can solve this problem. >I can’t think of saying “let’s move <projectname> to <servername>” seriously at work, unless it’s a prototype which doesn’t require support yet or is a really insignificant auxiliary db. I've had to do it three times in my career. It usually comes from management. It ain't pretty. Two were from M&A and one was to get rid of an obsolete database.