Re: SP/SQL

machine code is more appropriate in this task

"Tom Grenier" <tom_at_sqlman.com> wrote in message news:3BB55132.1414FC5B_at_sqlman.com...
> I would user perl with the DBI extensions to get the data in and out of
> the DB. perl is very strong in text manipulation.
>
> Tom
>
> raceme75_at_hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > I am new to programming and have been asked to write a program to
> > produce keywords from several description fields in a database. The
> > main requirement is speed! My question is weather PL/SQL is an
> > appropriate language to do this type of manipulation. Or if it is
> > better left to a higher language like Pro c. From what I have read
> > this is not impossible to do in SP/SQL but my impression so far is the
> > language was meant to handle more database report type programs.
> >
> > The program would have to :
> > Read strings from a table
> > Tokenize them
> > Remove any duplicates
> > Strip special characters
> > Write them to a table with a unique identifier
> >
> > Any opinions would be great
> >
> > Thanks Kevin
>
Received on Sat Sep 29 2001 - 12:02:50 CEST