Re: top 10 oracle quirks

alohakaku_at_yahoo.com (Aloha Kakuikanu) wrote in message news:<5370feb0.0308051514.63612234_at_posting.google.com>...
> Here is my short list. Hope people would contribute
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> 1. O7_DICTIONARY_COMPATIBLITY
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> (somebody told me it's still there in 10i beta)
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> 2. VARCHAR2
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> the 2!
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> 3. _optimizer_undo_cost_change and _table_scan_cost_plus_one
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> can't decide which one is funnier

Dual. Particularly inserting into it.

Compress=Y. Particularly when it expands. Secondarily to see Norm flarant :-)

Commit Ignore and Destroy. Because they are so different than expected, or at least have emotional overtones.

The whole passwordfile thingie.

Auditing, because auditors always expect it to be something else.

Stored procedures that silently don't work.

And the NUMBER ONE ORACLE QUIRK: (drum roll please...)

Documentation that is just plain wrong!

(As if anyone else's is even half as good)

jg

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