Proposal: Database Engine for D

Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Mon Jan 4 06:47:12 PST 2016


On 01/04/2016 01:49 AM, rumbu wrote:
> 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

Misunderstanding. Please re-read what I wrote. -- Andrei



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