Re: OT ? for people who know other databases besides Oracle

Look in the Oracle SQL Reference Manual for 'FIPS'. It's in the index. This will give you the info on maintaining compatibility with ANSI standard SQL.

Jared

On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Seley, Linda wrote:

> Our Java users are concerned that there may be a possibility that their code
> may have to work on top of a variety of databases. We use Oracle in-house
> but we, theoretically, may sell our product to another company that uses
> something else besides Oracle. Our product would then have to talk with
> their database. What, then, are the advantages and disadvantages of using
> views, procedures, triggers, etc. What would buy us the most portability?
> What headaches might we just have to deal with because there is no way
> around it?
>
> Any insights would be greatly welcomed. Feel free to email me privately at
> lseley_at_iqnavigator.com.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Linda
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