Re: Help inserting values into table using a subquery

From: Ed Prochak <edprochak_at_adelphia.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 22:53:25 GMT
Message-ID: <3E4830E2.8030100@adelphia.net>

Karsten Farrell wrote:

> timx_at_spamto.devnul.com said...
> 


>>>>>>>"Ed" == Ed Prochak <edprochak_at_adelphia.net> writes:

>>>>>>
>> Ed> D Newsham wrote:
>>
>> Ed> But actually I don't fault you. I dislike the syntax presentation
>> Ed> in the Complete Reference (CR). The regular ORACLE documentation
>> Ed> does it MUCH better.
>>
>> Ed> (uses connection arrows and such. Makes "OR" cases much more
>> Ed> visible. In fact now that I say that, the CR could have done this
>> Ed> better just by using multiple lines as:
>>
>> Ed> { VALUES (expresseion [,expression]...)
>> Ed> | query...)
>>
>>Actually, I find the way syntax is expressed in the Oracle manuals
>>extremely frustrating. The problem for me is they use little graphics
>>to do this and I'm a blind user. My screen reading software can read
>>text, but cannot interpret graphicccs. Most of the time, its OK
>>because I can work it out from the examples. However, form time to
>>time I end up spending ages working out the exact syntax and that can
>>be very irritating.
>>
>>My point, apart from a moan, is two fold. Firstly, if I ever post a
>>syntax question, I hope nobody jumps down my throat because of
>>assumptions they are making about me and secondly, its good to
>>remember what is clear, concise and obvious to one may not necessarily
>>be to another and its not necessarily a reflection of ability etc.
>>
>>Tim
>>

> 
> 
> Well, Tim, even for those of us who can *see* the "railroad diagrams," 
> they can be pretty confusing at times. Those diagrams are appropriate 
> for the person who has to write the syntax parser; but for the rest of 
> us, they can be as useful as listing all the vi commands without 
> explaining their use. :)

Well the manual I used had:
Keyword or command name
a brief description
the syntax diagram
then some examples and other information

For me at least, I find them much easier than trying to match braces and paraentheses and brackets as the syntax presented in the ORACLE Complete Reference book.

Tim,
  maybe that would be easier on your text reading software. I never thought of that. (Hey why doesn't HTML have altenative Sound for text. Images have alternative text. Hmmm....)

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