Which two products are you refering to? As far as the SQL, as long as you
use ANSI standard SQL you can move between MSSQL, Oracle, Sybase, DB2 pertty
easily. As long as you don't embed database specific syntax like T-SQL.
That's why stored procedures and triggers are so useful as the code stays
with the database and the parameters you pass will always be the same.
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Behalf Of Dan Weissmann
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 1:55 PM
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Subject: Re: RBase Vs Power Builder
The one interesting thing I recall about Sybase was when Abacus was
abandoning RBase (Should we refer to this era as B.R>.?). An RBase developer
in Australia was urging everyone to switch to Sybase. He had arranged for
what was claimed to be a very good deal from Sybase for all Rbase
developers. What I found most intriguing was a claim he made that the
languages and overall design of the products were extremely close, and so
there would be a low learning curve. Does anyone remember seeing this
information?
I view this kind of stuff with great skepticism (one reason I don't have a
copy of Sybase collecting dust in my office), but the idea of having a sort
of Esperanto of databases (or a super-SQL, without lots of flavours), really
intrigues me. I wonder how compatible the two products really are. How close
are the languages? The systems?
Dan
