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DA Morgan wrote:
> Personally I think using SQL*Plus to create reports a nightmare that
> went the way of the dodo bird in the early 1990s. The IT world now has
> real report writers and allow for things essentially impossible in
> SQL, PL/SQL, and SQL*Plus.
>
> Take a good look, for example, at Oracle's XML Publisher.
> http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/publishing/index.html
>
> Or Discoverer, or Crystal, or Cognos, or Business Objects.
>
> The issue here is not your reports: It really isn't. The issue isn't
> your attempt to use Native Dynamic SQL. It is rather the fact that your
> organization is making a complete mess of a valuable corporate asset by
> not understanding concepts, architecture, and the technology.
>
> It is not my intention to insult you but the word incompetent means to
> not be competent. And in the area of Oracle it seems your shop is like
> a 14 year old speeding down the highway in his father's car. He'll do
> really well right up until he doesn't. And then it is going to get
> really ugly.
Daniel,
Two words: Government Agency. We make do with what we can with training
that we don't always have for budget reasons. Most of the people who
wrote the scripts probably never had formal Oracle training (I'm not
talking about our DBA). As for my training, let's just say that I use
Google a lot these days :)
Received on Thu Aug 17 2006 - 07:44:04 CDT
