Future of SQL (Calling the Best Brains)

  • Hi Everyone,

    No, I am not in any problem, fortunately all of my ETLs, SPs, Functions, and Views are working fine and my development is paying me off nicely. Today, I was wondering is SQL a perfect standard, or are there chances of improvements, what areas, and what can actually SQL be 5-10 years down the line?

    Please pop-out any idea that comes into your mind about the improvement/change required in SQL.

    I dunno what Jeff is going to say about this post.:cool:

  • There's always work being done and I'm sure we'll see more enhancements to SQL to handle common tasks as it evolves.

    I think SQL works great, but there are always things that could be better. Adding CTEs and PIVOT have done great for SQL. I could see some hierarchy changes coming at some point, and possible more ways that we summarize and aggregate data.

  • There will definitely be changes as the way we use data changes. I think most will be fairly minor, changes to aggregations and different functions like Row_Number, Rank, and other functions will probably show up.

    The other changes like spatial and heirarchy types will probably revolve around more use of the CLR, whether good or bad.

    I know SQL Server does not implement all the standards so I would see more standards implemented as well.

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