Re:Features Of SQL Server 2012
by mgkimsal on Friday March 16, 2012 @07:55AM
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ACK - I can't edit. FWIW, this was in the year 2004, not 2012.
And... to the extent that people will say "it's got it now"... this the same situation people have with mysql - spouting off about stuff that it didn't do 10 years ago, and don't use it (or postgres from X year ago, etc). Once you hit some rather stupid/useless limitation, it tends to stick with you and influence your choices in the future.
I've used SQL Server on projects since then, but it's never been my choice to start a project with it. Clients have used it, and I've used it because that's what they had opted for, but it wasn't my choice or suggestion.
As someone else noted, connecting to it from outside the world of Windows/.Net is a bit of a pain. The PHP connector situation is weird - it's changed in 5.3, and you seem to have to download a separate connector from MS directly. It'd be super swell if they'd just open source that connector so it could be distributed around (or provide a binary and license terms so at least WAMP-stacks could distribute it more easily).
And... to the extent that people will say "it's got it now"... this the same situation people have with mysql - spouting off about stuff that it didn't do 10 years ago, and don't use it (or postgres from X year ago, etc). Once you hit some rather stupid/useless limitation, it tends to stick with you and influence your choices in the future.
I've used SQL Server on projects since then, but it's never been my choice to start a project with it. Clients have used it, and I've used it because that's what they had opted for, but it wasn't my choice or suggestion.
As someone else noted, connecting to it from outside the world of Windows/.Net is a bit of a pain. The PHP connector situation is weird - it's changed in 5.3, and you seem to have to download a separate connector from MS directly. It'd be super swell if they'd just open source that connector so it could be distributed around (or provide a binary and license terms so at least WAMP-stacks could distribute it more easily).