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On 30 Dec 2002 19:45:04 -0800, simonlenn_at_yahoo.com (Simon Lenn) wrote:
>a company like Oracle could have >easily extended PL/SQL and a powerful scripting language like Perl/PHP >to deliver a true cross platform open language.
I've seen PL/SQL get more Perl-like features for the last several releases now, such as associative arrays. There are others that people don't really think much about, like the ability to do "<<HERE"-like prints:
htp.p('
<h1>Heading</h1>
<p>Paragraph
<ul>
<li>List item
</ul>
');
It can also be the basis for easy dynamic web pages via PL/SQL server pages.
<html>
<body>
<p>HTML stuff
<% results_of_stored_procedure() %>
<p>More HTML stuff
<% for item in (select ...) loop... %>
</body>
</html>
I never write Perl CGIs anymore.
As "scripting" usually implies calls to arbitrary executables, I don't know if it would ever be a contender there -- security eh?
John Received on Tue Dec 31 2002 - 15:44:44 CST