Re: Python vs. PL/SQL for Oracle work

On 18 Feb 2006 03:52:08 -0800, dananrg_at_yahoo.com wrote:

>Anyone here use Python rather than PL/SQL for writing DBA
>administrative scripts, etc? Is there a good module out there for
>Python that interfaces with Oracle?
>
>I know some PL/SQL from a while ago, but am now learning Python for
>other tasks and love it as a language (I love how it forces you to
>write clean code). I'd like to use it for everything, or nearly so
>anyhow. Before I committed to delving back into PL/SQL, I wanted to see
>if Python was the right tool for the job(s) on the Oracle RDBMS.
>
>My guess is that Larry would encourage the use of any good
>non-Microsoft programming language. :-)

It will always be less efficient as it runs fully at the client side and involves network traffic.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA