Re: Speaking of New Features

Agreed. That was just an example, those are the actual column names.

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Powell, Mark D <mark.powell_at_eds.com> wrote:

> Well, the suggested syntax below would make matching up a long column
> list to the provided values/variables a lot easier and would likely help
> prevent listing 100 columns to be inserted but only including 99 variables
> in the values list. I think I would require the use of the correct column
> name instead of any type of positional col-n style labeling.
>
> -- Mark D Powell --
> Phone (313) 592-5148
>
>
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] *On Behalf Of *Jared Still
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 10, 2009 12:04 PM
> *To:* chet.justice_at_gmail.com
> *Cc:* oracle-l
> *Subject:* Re: Speaking of New Features
>
> Very Perlish.
> I like it. :)
>
> Jared Still
> Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 6:37 PM, chet justice <chet.justice_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Any thoughts on the "new" syntax for INSERT statements below?
>>
>> INSERT INTO my_table
>> ( id => seq.nexval,
>> create_date => SYSDATE,
>> update_date => SYSDATE,
>> col1 => 'A',
>> col2 => 'SOMETHING',
>> col3 => 'SOMETHING',
>> col4 => 'SOMETHING',
>> col5 => 'SOMETHING',
>> col6 => 'SOMETHING',
>> col7 => 'SOMETHING',
>> col8 => 'SOMETHING',
>> col9 => 'SOMETHING',
>> col10 => 'SOMETHING',
>> col11 => 'SOMETHING',
>> col12 => 'SOMETHING',
>> col13 => 'SOMETHING',
>> col14 => 'SOMETHING' );
>>
>> Thought of one day while trying to clean up (make human readable) someone
>> else's code. I would either get too many values or not enough. After
>> copying the INSERT columns and subsequent VALUES clause into an Excel
>> spreadsheet to compare them side by side, I thought, hey, what about named
>> notation?
>>
>> Anyway, I created the "Idea" on Oracle Mix here<https://mix.oracle.com/ideas/94278-position-insert-syntax>if you are inclined to, one way or another, to vote.
>>
>> chet
>>
>> --
>> chet justice
>> www.oraclenerd.com
>>
>>
>

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