Posted by Alexander Kuznetsov on 08/07/06 15:51

--CELKO-- wrote:
> >> Of course, as long as insist on inventing your own syntax (and that includes trying proprietary syntax from MySQL) you will have a hard time. <<
>
> Actually, it is the other way around; SELECT.. INTO is called a
> singleton select in Standard SQL and SQL Server is the invented syntax.

Well, DB2 UDB is very good at sticking to the standard. Look at their
market share and revenues as compared to less compliant Oracle and SQL
Server. After all, maybe "inventing your own syntax" has been, and is,
very profitable...

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