Re: HTML DB - here to stay?

From: Nuno Souto <dbvision_at_iinet.net.au>
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 02:13:41 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <1127954075.433b369b16524@mail.iinet.net.au>

Quoting ryan_gaffuri_at_comcast.net:

> Oracle has a track record of saying this is the direction we are going and
> then changing their mind. If you go to the ODTUG listservs and ask about this
> they will point out their history with Oracle Designer. Oracle convinced alot
> of people to spend alot of time(years in many cases) to become very
> proficient with designer. Many people designed full development processes
> around it. Oracle has ceased adding new features to it. Doesn't even cover
> hash partitions. Its still a good tool, but its clearly slowly fading away.
> Wasn't there some web based technology oracle was talking about in 2000-2001,
> that just dissappeared?

Would be nice if it was just Designer. Anyone can remember "Java-in-the-database-engine"? j2ee containers? And has anyone tried to use any of the later SQL features with PRO*C, like for example the MERGE statement?

And then they worry about people not
"embracing" new stuff fast enough...

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