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Re: Oracle For Fun

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:02:33 -0800
Message-ID: <1075478492.840717@yasure>


Tony wrote:

> zmilos_at_sympatico.ca (zhix) wrote in message news:<c59f4459.0401291445.5df87e31_at_posting.google.com>...
> 

>>i know.. dammit..
>>because it returns boolean..
>>
>>should call it with sumtin like:
>>
>>BEGIN
>> IF valid_code('22-33-44') THEN
>> dbms_output.put_line('True');
>> ELSE
>> dbms_output.put_line('False');
>> END IF;
>>END;
>>/
>>
>>:-(
> 
> 
> Right: WHEN will Oracle add Boolean support to its SQL, please???

That IS Boolean support. Microsoft IIRC uses 0 and -1 which are integers ... not Booleans. Ask Microsoft to implement Booleans as they have yet to do so ... not Oracle.

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