[Progress Communities] [Progress OpenEdge ABL] Forum Post: RE: Bulk insert into OpenEdge database table

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>> fantasy of product management I think I agree. I suppose chuimonster's point is that some see ABL as a niche language that suits the purpose of a stored proc language like T-SQL. But most ABL programmers are trying to accomplish lots more these days, rather than just add,edit, and delete some records. All those other things they are trying to accomplish will eventually compete and conflict with resources that should be set aside for the database itself. If ABL is analogous to T-SQL then keeping it close to the database makes sense but you have to accept a lot of restrictions. Also you have to bundle the license of ABL, so that it is an integral part of the database.

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