[plug] porting an application

[Leon Brooks]

On Friday 15 February 2002 00:47, Mark Nold wrote:
> BUT beware Access SQL is diferent from most others... eg: mid(a.column,5,2)
> instead of substr(a.column,6,2) so be careful.

Yeah, thanks for that, Bill... )-:

For that particular instance you can probably define a corresponding 
PostgreSQL function and press on regardless - but sadly, it's not the only 
one.

_If_only_ Microsoft had limited themselves to a GUI bolt-on for standard 
SQL... but it would be against their corporate religion.

Cheers; Leon