Proposal: Database Engine for D

[rumbu via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 4 January 2016 at 00:49:29 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
>
> Second, ET as a mechanism for SQL interface has other inherent 
> limitations. Consider the "LIKE" operator in SQL, which has no 
> ET equivalent in C++ with similar syntax, and no direct 
> equivalent in LINQ. That doesn't mean the respective languages 
> are broken.
>

LINQ transforms StartsWith, EndsWith and Contains methods in LIKE 
queries under the hood since Entity Framework 4.0 (8 years ago).
Also, when in doubt, there is an entire namespace dedicated to 
LINQ queries with direct SQL equivalents (including LIKE) - 
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.linq.sqlclient.sqlmethods(v=vs.110).aspx