RE: Transact-SQL

Author: jgunva - John C. Gunvaldson (DQ)

Posted: 2000-07-03 at 10:16:01

Hi Anders,

I'm not sure I would disagree...

I do about 60/40 VFP/SQL design here at the office. Allot of DTS sessions

and Stored Procedure writes in support of our internet products.

I know dozens of ways to do data manipulation in FoxPro - and continue to

seek equivalent (ease of use) in the T-SQL calls and functions... Not an

easy translation - in most cases...

To that end - I just ran out last Friday (coincidently) and bought "Joe

Celko's - SQL for Smarties". What intrigued me was the play on the dummies

books (which I never like those title anyway <g>)... Also bought "Robert

Vieira's" "Professional SQL Server 7.0 programming" from Wrox press - I was

scanning chapters - and liked the way this book emphasis programming - and

not administration.

"SQL for Smarties" seems to have allot of very clever code examples - and

looks like fun reading. Maybe I can get a handle on this "Diseased Mutant...

<g>"

Cheers,

John C. Gunvaldson, CNE, MCP

Database Developer

http://www.dataquick.com

-----Original Message-----

From: profox@leafe.com [mailto:profox@leafe.com]On Behalf Of Anders

Altberg

Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 1:31 AM

To: Multiple recipients of ProFox

Subject: Re: Transact-SQL

"T-SQL is ANSI-92 equiv SQL language ", that's not an opinion all members of

the SQL committee share. Joe Celko calls T-SQL a "diseased mutant product"

<s>.

----- Original Message -----

From: "John C. Gunvaldson, CNE, MCP" <jgunvaldson@home.com>

To: "Multiple recipients of ProFox" <profox@leafe.com>

Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 4:00 AM

Subject: RE: Transact-SQL

> Ah,

>

> My favorite topic - T-SQL is ANSI-92 equiv SQL language incorporated by

> Microsoft SQL Server and SYBASE SQL Server.

>

> Sybase and Microsoft have altered T-SQL under each care - but most

commands

> are still the same.

>

> T-SQL, the language, can be found in SQL Stored Procedures, Triggers,

> Scripts and various implementations of the DTS Sessions...

>

> hth - more?

>

> John C. Gunvaldson, CNE, MCP

> San Diego, CA

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: profox@leafe.com [mailto:profox@leafe.com]On Behalf Of

> Gregoryagu@aol.com

> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 6:52 PM

> To: Multiple recipients of ProFox

> Subject: Transact-SQL

>

>

>

> Can someone tell me what "Transact-SQL" is, as in the following:

>

> 'Although VFP and Transact-SQL have some functions in common, many VFP

> functions aren't supported by SQL Server.'

>

>

>

> Gregory A. Gum

> Dallas Texas

>

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