Re: Can I remove a table from the recycle bin?

On Apr 9, 9:36 am, Mladen Gogala <mgogala.SPAM_ME...._at_verizon.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:19:22 -0700, EscVector wrote:
> > That said, the environments are Alpha/Prototype environments, so giving
> > access and helping out is just good PR especially when some of the
> > worlds top java devs don't believe they need DBAs. They're database
> > independent....
>
> I've recently encountered an idiot giving a horrible advice how to make
> Oracle behave like SQL Server. I've fought people trying to create
> "database independent" applications all my life. Different databases have
> different locking strategies, different way of dealing with connections
> and different optimizers, not to mention different security mechanisms.
> In my life, I've dealt with Oracle, PgSQL, CICS/DL1 and Informix, not
> much but enough to know that all the databases are different, they're all
> individuals, as stated in the "Life of Brian". When the vendor tells me
> that his application is portable, I usually ask for the way that this
> portability is achieved. If the answer is "Hibernate and WebLogic", I
> advise the CIO against the application and explain him the risks. The
> only type of database independence I have nothing against is so called
> ifdef portability, named after the #ifdef pre-processor in CPP. I have
> never seen a database independent application beat database specific
> application on a performance benchmark.
>
> --http://www.mladen-gogala.com

"I have never seen a database independent application beat database specific application on a performance benchmark."

Neither have I, but that doesn't stop them from using the language or trying. I deal with this term every day. You are good if the CIO/CTO listens to you. I'm not that good, so I try to say positive by looking at the positive point; it provides me work. They build it, I fix it. It's not perfect, but it pays the bills. Received on Mon Apr 09 2007 - 08:54:38 CDT