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Re: UPDATE problem - FROM Clause not supported in Oracle

From: David Portas <REMOVE_BEFORE_REPLYING_dportas_at_acm.org>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 18:39:05 +0100
Message-ID: <b6SdnTQdIo1e9HffRVn-3w@giganews.com>


"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:7h3ge11ql4266880c8ka450bd22snve7ua_at_4ax.com...
> On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 23:18:05 +0100, "David Portas"
> <REMOVE_BEFORE_REPLYING_dportas_at_acm.org> wrote:
>
>>If you need to work across platforms then avoid propritary features.
>
> If you want to get a working application under Oracle, ignore this
> advice.
>
>
> --
> Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

You mean Oracle can't support Standard SQL92? I accept that you'll need proprietary features in the physical implementation and for procedural code but surely straight DML ought to be portable.

-- 
David Portas
SQL Server MVP
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Received on Fri Jul 29 2005 - 12:39:05 CDT

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