Re: feature & performance comparison

From: Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 08:37:50 GMT
Message-ID: <3b25d2eb.822197@news-server>

On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 02:59:21 GMT, Mark Townsend <markbtownsend_at_home.com> wrote:

>Well - this is a little harsh. CONNECT BY predates this by a least 6 years
>(it was in Oracle when I joined in 89/90), and the IBM syntax is not yet
>part of the standard, so is in fact 'breaking' the 'rules' itself. I have
>yet to see Oracle not follow a standard when one is available.
>

Actually, first time I looked at ORACLE (V4.1.3) back in 1983, CONNECT BY was already there! :-)

Mind you, if there is now a standard for doing this, I'd also expect ORACLE to pick it up. Won't take long.

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_bigpond.net.au.nospam
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den/index.html Received on Tue Jun 12 2001 - 03:37:50 CDT