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A X
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Writing SQL Code in an Outdated Version Number: What Happens?

I've been watching quite a few of Andrew's videos on SQL, and he mentions that on the SQL syntax site that there are version numbers for SQL code. I've done some work with XML, which I was using for Android apps, and with that if you use older version numbers the code is wildly different and, in my opinion, harder. There's also a point where the older versions stop being supported. Is all this true of SQL code versions? Like it won't be supported eventually and the code is different from the current version? Also what happens in SQL if you use a really old version of the code now (for some reason you're feeling nostalgic)?

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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I think most SQL evolution has just been adding new features, I don't think much has ever been deprecated.

A bigger factor to contend with is how database providers tend to do their own custom extensions to SQL, which are not portable. So generally when you encounter syntax issues with previously working code, it's not how old it is but what flavor of database it was developed on (Oracle/MySql/Sql Server/etc.).

A X
A X
12,842 Points

Will do, that makes a lot of sense...and I'm glad that there isn't depreciation thus far, because that adds a whole other layer of confusion to things.