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On Mar 22, 5:17 pm, Jeremy <jeremy0..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> In article <1174572917.751479.55..._at_o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
> samir...._at_googlemail.com says...
>
> > On 22 Mrz., 14:38, "sybrandb" <sybra..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Mar 22, 2:17 pm, "samir...._at_googlemail.com"
>
> > > > Ok, Pl/SQL is a propertary language, which I don't like so very much.
> > > > Are there any useable alternatives?- Hide quoted text -
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> > > > - Show quoted text -
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> > > You are showing a SQL script. Has nothing to do with PL/SQL.
> > > If you don't like Sql*plus, dump Oracle and replace it by a toy like
> > > MySQL.
>
> > I know my script has nothing to do with PL/SQL (it's plain SQL).
> > However, Hpuxrac suggested using PL/SQL for my intention and that's
> > what I was reffering to ...
>
> Well this *is* an Oracle database newsgroup and you *did* ask:
>
> > If that is so, is there some other scripting/programming language
> > available in which I can accomplish this?
>
> So I reckon you got a pretty good answer.
>
> --
> jeremy
Yeah, I got that. It's just that I'd prefer a free alternative to PL/
SQL.
Anyway, don't mind ...
Received on Thu Mar 22 2007 - 12:20:32 CDT