How to Recognize the Antipattern
The following are examples of things you might hear others saying during a database development project, or you might even say them yourself.
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“Why do I get a syntax error in DECLARE when I am creating my stored procedure?”
Differences in syntax and usage of stored procedure statements between brands can be confusing. For example, developers who use MySQL after having learned on other brands often get confused because DECLARE can be used only at the top of the procedure’s main BEGIN...END block, and local variables declared in this way do not use the @ symbol. You need to study the documentation of both brands carefully to understand how to translate procedure code between brands.
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“What tool can I use to ...
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