Re: HLP: SQL in general

Mariusz Dorynek (dorynek_at_usctoux1.cto.us.edu.pl) wrote:

: Hello!!!
: Next month i'll be tryin' to pass an exam.
: One of test questions i suppose will be:
: "Why databases like Oracle,Gupta Sql Database etc.
: with possibilities of using SQL are better than classical
: databases (for example early versions of dBase etc.).
: What is the most important thing in SQL mechanism ?
: (besides that SQL statements are close to English language syntax)"
:
:
: Is anybody who helps me in answer in interesting way ???
: Please mail me Your suggestions.Thanks in advance.
:

My answer would be that the key to SQL is that it is "STANDARD". The other languages are more proprietary and therefore only work with that particular database. This is not the perfect answer but I would think that it is a large part of it. There is no other real reason to believe that any one language is better than any other unless you are looking at specific points such as speed, ease of use, etc.

Hope this helps....8-)

Glenn Euloth
ab593_at_ccn.cs.dal.ca Received on Sun Mar 24 1996 - 00:00:00 CET