>George,
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>Well, I know.. However, regarding SQL server as programming language on the same level of a 4GL language to program a desktop application, to me, is not a comparison.
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What you are doing Walter is shifting your argument and point - which you often do. Your stated premise was in effect, SQL Server does not have a programming language - which is absurd.

That said...

T-SQL probably qualifies as a 4GL - much like VB did/does. It is a 4GL if for no other reason - it is largely based on ANSI-SQL...

What a programming language *is* - and the level of UI it integrates with are wholly different things....< s >....