Re: Why Oracle is st00pid:

On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 06:39:30 +0000, Johnny Random wrote:

> I would love to bitch slap the idiot that wrote this:
> "It is poor programming practice to have a function return multiple
> values."
>
> Gee, by that same token it must be "poor programming practice" for a
> query to return multiple rows, or multiple records for that matter.
> Apparently a function should just return 1 or 0. Then you can use
> another function to string the 0's and 1's together, then another
> function to convert them to hex, then another to convert them to
> ASCII, then another to concatinate all the values, then another
> un-concatinate the values, and finally one to bitch slap the moron
> that is so f'ing stupid that he can't see the need for a function to
> return multiple values. And that ladies and genitalmens is why Oracle
> is st00pid...

Please put my mind to rest: you ARE kidding, right?

Just checking..

dmz17 Received on Tue Dec 10 2002 - 22:11:21 CET