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Re:Postgres Just Cracked the Top Fastest Databases for Analy... by layer8 on Saturday March 08, 2025 @07:58AM (#43299888)
All the features mentioned are part of SQL.
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Re:Postgres Just Cracked the Top Fastest Databases for Analy... by nom on Saturday March 08, 2025 @08:21AM (#43300046)
SQL is a language to interact with a relational database. It is not about the language.
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Re:Postgres Just Cracked the Top Fastest Databases for Analy... by jandrewrogers on Saturday March 08, 2025 @09:13AM (#43300404)
SQL (the DML) is just a query language. It could be implemented on anything.

Parts of SQL DDL is implementation specific. The SQL standard hardcodes the assumption of (by modern standards) a small-scale system and therefore will deviate significantly on large-scale systems. There is no practical way to make this "standard", you have to understand the implementation it reflects.

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