Re: top 10 oracle quirks

> And similarly, the underscore is in table_name, index_name, sequence_name,
> and so on ... but not in username.
>
> But my pet peeve is not Oracle's fault ... why didn't the sql inventors
> use alias instead of synonym? Can't tell you how many times I've made a
> typing error on synonym.

S-Y-N-O-N-Y-M has never been the easiest word to type, at least for me. And try typing it with the dashes in the middle!!

Along with the lack of consistency in views and columns, it also exists in supplied packages. I'm pretty sure that they had more than one group who worked on stuff and they never talked to each other....

Cheers,
Brian

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