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by 3np 1714 days ago
Sure, but you'd still need to connect and interface with the SQL implementations - the queries themselves are the smaller piece of the work if you want to support several different database backends.
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> the queries themselves are the smaller piece of the work if you want to support several different database backends.

Not if you use something like the Delphi / Lazarus model with pluggable drivers and direct SQL capability (and stick to whichever variant of ANSI-standard SQL your intended backends have in common).