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I’m currently in the process of extending demiblog’s database support. Version 0.1.0 only supports PostgreSQL, but I plan on also supporting MySQL in the next release, and a few other databases further down the line.

Because this cross-database support had always been planned, I’ve been very careful in writing my SQL to make sure that only standards-compliant syntax is used, and there are no proprietary PostgreSQL extensions.

I always knew that I’d have to adjust my SQL slightly to get it to run on other databases, but the amount of changes needed to port a seemingly simple SQL script with less than 300 lines to MySQL was astounding! Although a few of the adjustments were needed to account for SQL features that MySQL simply doesn’t yet support, the majority were to take into account several of MySQL’s seemingly-gratuitous bastardisations of the standard SQL syntax.

MySQL, how do I hate you, let me count the…

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Author (Unverified): sjocfbub [204.13.236.244]
Date: Saturday, 3rd November 2007, 6:52pm (GMT)
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