Transitioning to another SQL database? This blog post is for you. Shifting from one SQL dialect to another can be a journey full of surprises. While the basic syntax (SELECT FROM WHERE) is similar, there are important differences, that will make your queries slow, fast, fail or worse: fail silently!
In this blog post I’ll guide you through the intricate pathways of databases I have come across during my work as a data scientist: Postgres, MySQL, SQLite, Hive and Presto (AWS Athena). We’ll start with a brief introduction into the databases and some differences. Then we jump into three pitfalls you have to be aware of.
