RE: How do I find Oracle's product roadmap?

> From: DENNIS WILLIAMS [mailto:DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM]
>
>
> Jeremy - In his OpenWorld Guru session I believe Ken Jacobs
> debunked this
> myth
> http://www.oracle.com/oracleworld/online/sanfrancisco/index.ht
> ml?chats.html
> <http://www.oracle.com/oracleworld/online/sanfrancisco/index.h
> tml?chats.html
> >

Thanks, Dennis. I hada suspicion.

> If I am mistaken as to which session discussed this, perhaps
> someone will
> provide the correct session.
> I think when Java was first introduced, some people thought
> PL/SQL would be
> replaced. That hasn't panned out. Few sites seem to be using the
> server-based JVM. For Java, most sites seem to put their Java in the
> Application Server.

Bingo. Most of my app work in in J2EE on a app server.

> Most people say that PL/SQL is better at database
> manipulation, so when you need performance, you are probably
> going to be
> using PL/SQL anyway.

Yup. Triggers/functions go in PL/SQL, and fairly simple code at that. Any biz logic gets moved to the appserver.

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