Re: Learning/Teaching SQL

From: Jarmo <jarmo_at_jarmo.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 10:05:39 -0500
Message-ID: <3fc21e27$0$13349$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net>


"Lee" <lee_at_jamtoday.com> wrote in message news:3FC16C70.40309_at_jamtoday.com...
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> Jarmo wrote:
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> >Does it have to be Oracle? If not, then I'd look for the cheapest, most
> >usable database that supports SQL. MySQL is free and I'm sure there are
> >dozens of good front-end query engines for it at very low (or no) cost.
> >
> Oh sorry, I should have been more precise, though of course this _is_ an
> oracle tools list, eh?
>
> We have Oracle 8i already bought and paid for (and installed and running
> and all that). We also have data for which the
> oracle specific "connect by" construct in a "natural". At some point,
> the analytic functins plus rollup and cube will probably
> turn out to be just what they're looking for, so yeah, it has to be
Oracle.

[Quoted] [Quoted] Fair enough. If you happen to find some great client software then please [Quoted] point the rest of us novices to it. Thanks. Received on Mon Nov 24 2003 - 16:05:39 CET

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