Re: Oracle vs Sybase (clarification please)

From: Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 09:05:02 +0100
Message-ID: <3b287038$0$15030$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net>

I can't speak for Sybase but the page is littered with errors and ignorance and bad practice held up as a good feature.

for example

Oracle has 3 programming languages server sql,sql*plus and pl/sql.

server sql ! Does anyone have a clue what this is? server manager? sql? sql*plus. The guy cant tell the difference between a program run by a user and a language. That ought to tell you something.

or again

It is a standard in Oracle for a programmer to issue commands knowing that they will potentially fail.

Actually it is standard when programming to issue commands and know that they will potentially fail. exception handling is essential to good. code.

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
"Bill Long" <bill_at_longboys.net> wrote in message
news:3b27909f$1_2_at_news.newzpig.com...


> I came across this link in the sybase group.

> http://www.talusmusic.com/BrainTools/Pages/DOF.html

>

> Could some of you oracle gurus respond to this? I am an intermediate

 Oracle


> guy and pretty light on the sybase side. Lots of the remarks this guy

 makes


> are not even worth reading, but some others appear to be valid points. I

> think he may be talking about an older version of oracle.

>

> Anyway, I would be interested in hearing feedback of some of you studs who

> use both oracle and sybase.

>

>

> Bill

>

>

Received on Thu Jun 14 2001 - 03:05:02 CDT