As I said in my msg, I found out that I was wrong, '+' isn't ANSI, it's just microsoft. But mysql doesn't support the ANSI standard '||' either.
Go figure... This is my first foray into different flavors of sql, and I'm discovering how incompatible they really are. I expected that core basics would be the same, with each manufacturer adding some proprietary extensions, and failing to support a (hopefully small) subset of standard features. </dreaming> Dave Merrill > At 07:37 -0500 2005/01/15, Dave Merrill wrote: > >I thought string concatenation w '+' was totally > >standard SQL. > > Hmmm, this is the first I've heard of "+" being used for > concatenation (in SQL). Then again, I've never used MS SQL Server. > :-) > > Each language is going to have its own personality. If they all did > things the same way, we wouldn't have the wealth of different ones to > choose from. > > Might not be a good idea, Dave, to take MS products as examples of > what accepted standards are. MS has a long history of lack of > respect for established standards. > > I suspect MySQL is more ANSI compliant than MS SQL Server. > > Rob -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
