Clash of the Backends leaves Developer stunned
Hi Das,
I say just go with Postgres.
Jim
>
>So I’ve heard from a number of Omnis/SQL Gurus on the subject of
>”Generic SQL” and Backends.
>
>One told me to stick to the Standard SQL as much as possible for
>portability. Other amongst the knowing tell me that there are multiple
>standards and besides the backends give differing results for the same
>commands, and that trying to handle multiple backends is a pain.
>
>So my very general question is this: Should one tell oneself that they
>are trying to stick to the standard? Should one try at all?
>
>I just had the case where I need to “cast” my numeric field to text so
>that I can do a LIKE comparison in a Where Clause. I was given two ways
>of casting… one is to write cast() in front of the column name in
>question, and the other is Postgres’s way where you say name::text to
>cast it to text. I’m using a Postgres server as I develop, and it does
>not recognize the first method, only it’s own method.
>
>So as I sit here I’m faced with “Have bugs now”. I either can run in
>dev mode with this Postgres server and do things it’s way or face bugs
>now. Weird. I’d have to fork now for differing backends and I can see
>as Alex said that “That is a pain”. I can see that. I don’t want that.
>
>The clientele I’ll be aiming at in my “practice” when I’ve learnt enough
>to “get out there” will be smaller companies, because I work alone. I
>believe that smaller means “not as stuck on what backend they want to
>use” as larger corporations who may already have a standard they stick
>to. So I am MORE OK with just Postgres than if I were targeting the
>very large companies.
>
>What to tell myself ? Which way to develop in the here and now ? I
>don’t want to fork all over the place for different DAMS and backends.
>I can barely do what I’m doing, I mean it’s a hard learning curve as
>is. What to do brothers and sisters in arms ? What to do?
>
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