On 11/2/05, Larry Meadors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/2/05, Ben Munat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Larry Meadors wrote: > > > DDL != SQL :) > > > > > There may be other ways of defining a DDL, but to most people it means > > "create", "drop" > > and "alter", which are ANSI SQL. > > > > It seems disingenuous of iBatis to claim it -- as David points out -- > > "provides the full > > power of SQL", when it doesn't support three of the most common commands. > > And... > > ANSI SQL, or not, I have to disagree. Look at youe SQL logs sometime, > and count the number of times insert/update/delete/select statements > are run and compare them to the number of times alter table is run. > :-) > > 99.9999% of the SQL used by an application is supported by iBATIS, and > of course you are always free to try the other 0.001% if you want. > > To say that this does not represent "the full power of SQL" is a > stretch at best.
Indeed. To, there is a big difference between "The full power of SQL" and "The power of full SQL". It seems the OP is wanting the latter, which is not what is advertised.
