dunno can never find the b***er
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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Please include version and platform
and SQL where applicable
It makes life easier and increases the
likelihood of a good answer
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"Daniel Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
news:3D38357C.A6BA61EC_at_exesolutions.com...
> Alan wrote:
>
> > There is always _someone_ who cares. Most literature I've come across
> > insists that it is "sequel". I like "sequel" because it is faster to say
> > than ess-queue-ell (not that you care <g>).
> >
> > "Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in
message
> > news:3d37d952$0$234$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net...
> > > char.
> > >
> > > so do you say sequel or ess-queue-ell?
> > >
> > > And indeed does anybody care.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Niall Litchfield
> > > Oracle DBA
> > > Audit Commission UK
> > > *****************************************
> > > Please include version and platform
> > > and SQL where applicable
> > > It makes life easier and increases the
> > > likelihood of a good answer
> > >
> > > ******************************************
> > > "Alan" <alanshein_at_erols.com> wrote in message
> > > news:ah70ht$r20st$1_at_ID-114862.news.dfncis.de...
> > > > Just curious...
> > > >
> > > > I've heard CHAR pronounced as "car" and as "char" (as when you
almost
> > burn
> > > > something). Which do you favor?
> > > >
> > > > While we're on the subject, in varchar, do you say vare or vahr?
I've
> > also
> > > > heard bothm, though "vahr" seems to be a clear winner. "Vare" seems
to
> > be
> > > a
> > > > function of accent/dialect.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
>
> And now the perspective from the education front.
>
> I intentionally teach with each and every pronounciation so that the
students
> will be familiar with all of them.
>
> And just to make this thread far longer than it ever should have been I'll
> provide another example where the solution, on my part, is to use them
all.
>
> Is it ...
>
> init dot ora
> init sid dot ora
> 'p' file
> or
> parameter file
>
> Daniel Morgan
>
Received on Fri Jul 19 2002 - 15:41:07 CDT
