Re: sql plus error - usage message

Actually, a more pithy and even truer reply would be:

>b) not provide adequate training

Training? What's that?

"Hans Forbrich" <forbrich_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3F7AF302.A7CED96F_at_yahoo.com...
> Daniel Morgan wrote:
>
> > Over the years I've seen a lot of people trying to kludge things
> > together using shell scripting, etc. and my
> > response is that it is the wrong tool for the job.
> >
> > Consider how easy what you are trying to do would be using DBMS_JOB.
> > Full error handling would be
> > a breeze as well as only needing to deal with a single language making
> > long-term maintenance easier. Consider
> > using your shell script to execute a stored procedure: Same thing. And
> > done properly it becomes prortable
> > between host shells and operating systems something code such as your
> > can never be.
> >
> > I know Korn and Perl are nice tools with great capabilities. But
> > updating records that could be better done
> > in SQL and/or PL/SQL is just not one of those things. (let the religious
> > war begin).
>
> <soapbox mode=on>
>
> But why would anyone want to utilize the full extent & capability of their
> license? It's so much more fun and cost defective for an organization to
a)
> not becoime acquiainted with the tool they have purchased, b) not provide
> adequate training and c) reinvent the wheel and perform onging related
> maintenance. After all, if one actually used the Oracle product to it's
> full scope organizations would not have [as much] reason to whine about
the
> cost of the licenses.
>
> </soapbox>
>
> If all you have is a hammer ....
>
>
Received on Wed Oct 01 2003 - 13:43:05 CDT