Re: The case preference of writing SQL, PL/SQL, SQL*PLUS comands/scripts

What part of the English language is this: *definite* ? I don't recall that punctuation.

<cudworth_at_removed.invalid.org> wrote in message news:thstlh72cnsn00_at_corp.supernews.com...
> Spencer <spencerp_at_swbell.net> wrote:
>
> > ex1. looks valid, and is proper.
> > ex2. looks valid, but is NOT proper.
 

> > (i'm prepared to be toasted for that answer...)
 

> > i apologize now for the length of this post, but i believe this is a
> > topic worthy of discussion. thanks for asking Dino. others are
> > welcomed to add their thoughts...
 

> > in looking at the two examples, it appears that oracle will interpret
> > these both the same way, there will be no difference (? someone
> > correct me if i'm wrong about this) in the compiled function.
> > (the source text that is stored will be different, of course)
>
> [snip]
>
> Your argument would carry more weight if you bothered to follow your own
> advice! The English language has a *definite* definition of what is
> proper -- that the personal pronoun "I" and the first word of every
> sentence be capitalized -- but you don't bother to follow it. If you
> can't be bothered to follow proper formatting in your own writing, why
> should anyone take advice from you about the "proper" format of other
> languages?
>
> Mark
>
Received on Wed Jun 06 2001 - 19:16:39 CDT