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		gilbert_vanova on Jan 30, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SQL should be the default choice for data transfor... That's great except for when you're interacting with a decrepit data system from 10 years ago with a variable record format. Some things can't be locked in stone, and SQL will leave you out to dry when that's the case.

lolive on Jan 30, 2023 [–]

I use graph database, and resources of the graph are typed with types/supertypes. Relationships also are typed with types/supertypes. And my queries are heavily dependant on that typing structure.

Honestly, I cannot live without that feature. [sorry, that is my OOP minute. Continue without me...]

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