Re: Rumours of Oracle dropping PL/SQL

In article <3ca07fa7$0$12656$4d4ebb8e_at_news.nl.uu.net>, "Andre says...
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>I thought this NCOMP feature you mention was only for Java in the database.
>But then I may be wrong of course.
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817 = java ncomped
900 = plsql ncomped

it's a 9i and up feature.

>Andre
>"Jim Kennedy" <kennedy-family_at_attbi.com> wrote in message
>news:wD1m8.83929$q2.8690_at_sccrnsc01...
>> Yes, and especially in 9i you can now configure it so pl/sql is compiled
>> into machine code instead of p code. If they were going to drop it they
>> wouldn't have gone to all that trouble!
>> Jim
>> "Howard J. Rogers" <dba_at_hjrdba.com> wrote in message
>> news:a79q8h$qt2$1_at_lust.ihug.co.nz...
>> > I'd say quite the contrary. Many of the 8i and 9i new features depend
>> > entirely on a bunch of PL/SQL packages (flashback, workspace manager,
>> > resource manager, log miner etc etc). I really can't see them doing all
>> > that, and then turning round and saying it was all a horrible mistake.
>> >
>> > PL/SQL is likely to remain the 'native' development language of choice
>for
>> > ages yet.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > HJR
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>> > "InsaneGadgets.com" <rob_at_insanegadgets.spambait.com> wrote in message
>> > news:3c986567.92571010_at_news.clara.net...
>> > > A guy at work mentioned that he has heard that Oracle is dropping
>> > > PL/SQL in favour of Java stored procedures.
>> > >
>> > > Is there any truth to this?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > >
>> > > Rob
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