On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Gary Mort <garyam...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Ajai Khattri <a...@bitblit.net> wrote: > >> There is no standard for defining how to describe databases. YAML is >> simply a convenient format for use in config files for any >> language/framework). >> >> >> Sure there is, it's called SQL. If you avoid functions that are not cross > platform, it's fairly easy to take SQL database creation scripts in one > platform and import them in another. > There is far too much that's not cross platform. e.g.: - UUID/Guid column types - How do I mark an integer artificial key as auto increment (in MS SQL its called interval) - Can I name my primary key (and how do I drop the foreign key) - Table partitioning - Filtered/partial indexing - triggers Regards, Justin Dearing
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