Re: PL/SQL as an alternative to C?

From: Seth Grimes <grimes_at_access.digex.net>
Date: 6 Dec 1993 03:21:48 -0500
Message-ID: <grimes.755165896_at_access>

pihlab_at_cbr.hhcs.gov.au writes:

> The only thing
>missing from PL/SQL is an I/O facility to external objects (ie files) but
>you can code around this by using temporary tables.

Arrays are also missing. You can simulate them with PL/SQL tables, but you're limited with them to 32k rows, and having more than 2 dimensions would be awkward. Plus, LONG & LONG RAW handling is very limited in PL/SQL.

Seth Received on Mon Dec 06 1993 - 09:21:48 CET

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