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[David Krings]

Jiju Thomas Mathew wrote:
> 
>       > In general, good SQL is good SQL, no matter what the platform is.
> 
>     True, but not every platform delivers the same results when sending it
>     good SQL.
> 
> 
> David
> Can you explain.. I got only exposure with MySQL..
> 
> -- 
> Jiju Thomas Mathew
> http://www.php-trivandrum.org

 From my experience, MSSQL and MySQL potentially give you different 
results for the same SQL query. Or one gives you an empty set whereas 
the other throws an error. It comes down to what the interpretation of 
the required result is based on the perfectly fine SQL query. Whereas 
MySQL tends to be more to the SQL standard, MSSQL knows more SQL and 
SQLish dialects so that you can do more with less.

My point was that it doesn't come down to just good SQL.