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felixge on June 26, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Literate SQL

Running your tests against a different DB than what you're using is an anti-pattern IMO. You'll not be able to trust the results, and you'll be limited to the lowest common denominator of the databases your using.

oweiler on June 27, 2017 [–]

This so much! Furthermore any application of reasonable size will make use of database-specific functionality.

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