Subj : Re: Do all programming languages use files?
To   : comp.programming
From : Chris Sonnack
Date : Mon Sep 12 2005 12:13 pm

Ed Prochak writes:

>> It's not necessary to go there to answer the question, because some
>> versions of SQL do support explicit files as output sinks.  For e.g.
>> you can do something like this:
>>
>> 	select *
>> 	from my_table
>> 	output to c:\temp\sql.out
> 
> That is a proprietary extension and NOT part of the SQL language
> itself.

Which is why I said "some versions".

> So the LANGUAGE doesn't support files, even if your vendor's
> IMPLEMENTATION does.

You mean, the official ANSI version of SQL doesn't.  I agree.

> So I still contend the answer to the topic question is NO.

I don't think that has ever been disputed.  My reference to "the question"
above was with regard to whether SQL supports files.  And some versions
do.

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