misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoNearly 20% of Microsoft SQL Servers running have passed end of supportwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
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minus-squarecron@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI would say that this is a sign of a bad product. Apparently, compatibility between SQL server versions is not great.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI have never had a problem upgrading a SQL server. Granted, we aren’t talking about anything fancy like database sharding, but the janky applications I work with have never complained.
minus-squarecron@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoApparently, it is not only my oberservation, but the article says similarly: The inconsistent approach to backward compatibility in decades past may also have played a part. However, I’m not a db admin and my perspective might be biased (infosec).
I would say that this is a sign of a bad product. Apparently, compatibility between SQL server versions is not great.
I have never had a problem upgrading a SQL server. Granted, we aren’t talking about anything fancy like database sharding, but the janky applications I work with have never complained.
Apparently, it is not only my oberservation, but the article says similarly:
However, I’m not a db admin and my perspective might be biased (infosec).