Re: Foreign key in Oracle Sql

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:28:09 -0800
Message-ID: <41eedeee$1_1@127.0.0.1>

Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote:

> DA Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> writes:
>

>>Given that those other products didn't exist when Oracle was created.
>>And given that those that have worked with Oracle for almost 20 years
>>have a large volume of working code they don't want broken. And given
>>that it really doesn't matter ... what's your point other than whining?

>
>
> there is this from another thread in this n.g. (circa 1976, MDS)
> http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2005.html#30 Network databases
>
> the folklore is that this fed gov. agency funded a company (had large
> bldg. just west of 101 in burlingame) to do something called Oracle
> for pdp11 and vm370 platforms (both system/r and ingres were already
> in progress ... system/r also having been done on vm370 platform).

Yep. And with all due respects to Computer Associates: Ingres is, if not dead, no match for MySQL or PostgreSQL. About as big a player in the RDBMS market as Advanced Revelation and Pick.

One of the best sources of information on Oracle and its history is in the books published by The Oak Table and they are anything but toady.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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