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I am a SEQUEL user. I'd say that it is great *up to a point*.

Pros
Makes it really output query results to many formats
Includes a tool called ESEND which is a nice way to send email from i
Documentation is good, and both the green screen interface and the Windows interface (called Viewpoint) are pretty flexible. New users can be productive quickly due to the handholding options in the both interfaces
Has its own special syntax which is mostly the same as SQL, so it can provide some handy functions that "pure" SQL doesn't (numeric date handling is one area I can think of)
Great support team

Cons
Can't (as of version 8.7.x) call SQL Stored procedures.
Has its own special syntax which is mostly the same as SQL, but has some significant differences and seems to lag behind SQL features a bit. Some examples:
- when joining multiple files, can not use different join types for each joined pair.
- no CTE support

HTH,
Adam

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