Standards Compliance (Was: Anyone with experience with MMOG and databases?)

oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org gravou em 2005-08-12 17:52:14:

> According to Joe, SQL/PSM is based on the Algol family of languages,
> which Ada, and therefore PL/SQL is based, according to my understanding.

        Yep. Actually changes wouldn't be so big, and Oracle even downplays the differences, but has yet to come with a conformance plan.

> Oracle is not an alturistic organization, to say the least. Oracle
> isn't likely to promote a standard unless there is a competitive
> advantage.

        As someone else has put, SQL standardisation ain't going nowhere. But I'd prefer to side with lesser sinners.

        That said, DB2 has better compliance AFAICU, and even in non-conformance it's saner. And PostgreSQL, a current underdog but improving dramatically, has stated the intention of complying.

        Free software may be the dark horse saving ISO SQL. Or competitive pressure from MS, which has been inserting MSDE (which underlies also MS SQL Server too) into more and more products, like AD and SharePoint, and eventually MS Windows future filesystem. Perhaps IBM, if it can get its act together. We'll see.

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