Re: 10g is a long way off I need regular expressions in 9i

"Jim Kennedy" <kennedy-down_with_spammers_at_no_spam.comcast.net> writes:

> "Harald Maier" <maierh_at_myself.com> wrote in message
> news:m3ad8fvy53.fsf_at_ate.maierh...

>> "Jim Kennedy" <kennedy-down_with_spammers_at_no_spam.comcast.net> writes:
>>
>> > "Lucille Williams" <luluwilliams_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> >> Has anyone heard anything about Oracle retrofitting any features
>> >> from 10g to 9i?  It would sure be nice to have regular expressions
>> >> in 9ir2.
>> >>
>> >> It took a long time for people to adopt 9i whole-heartedly so just
>> >> imagine how long it will take with 10g.
>> >>
>> >> Regular expressions are long overdue.
>> >>
>> > go to asktom.oracle.com and do a search.  Remember Java is in the
>> > db, so you can already do it.  Jim
>>
>> 9ir2 still uses a JVM 1.3, but only Java 1.4 introduces builtin
>> support for Regular expression. Sure you may use Regular expression
>> packages written in Java, but I fear they are not so much fast.
>> So support for a JVM 1.4 in 9ir2 would make sense.
>>
>> Harald

> Did you want to know how to do it or did you want to bitch about the
> feature not being there as it is in 10G? I think you are mistaken
> if you think we can do anything about adding a feature to an
> existing product. I'll call Larry up and get him to command the
> change. Jim

That sounds good :).
Harald Received on Mon Oct 06 2003 - 12:48:27 CDT