Re: Why doesn't this work?

Jack, I have been on this newsgroup for 2 years. Thomas Kyte (as well as others) have taken the time to help me out and explain in detail, the inner workings of Oracle.

My experience with Mr. Kyte is that he is neither arrogant nor emotional when replying to posts. He debates on a mature level and takes the time to explain and prove to you, that his advice works.

Before you reply to him in the future, I would suggest showing the man a little respect (take a break and go outside or something) and be 100% accurate on your replies.

Good luck to you,
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In article <36740369.32EE640_at_Feist_NO_SPAM_.Com>,   KeyStrk_at_Feist_NO_SPAM_.Com wrote:
> You are obviously quite emotional about this. I frequently get this reaction
> from people when I point out a flaw in their 'sacred cow' software. The flaw
is
> that Oracle doesn't allow ORDER BY in views. There is no reason for that
other
> than philosophical arrogance. The purpose for using database software in
> business is to make money, not to 'preach' "Relational Purity" to the masses.
> So, 'Mr. From Oracle, but your views don't reflect Oracle' - FIX THE SOFTWARE.
>
> As to my having an error in the syntax, I would admit that. As I don't have
a
> working version of Oracle on my home PC (Oracle Lite is such a CROCK! it is
> still way, way to hard to install and make work - things on a PC should be
> SIMPLE), and as I didn't take the time to dial into work to check my syntax, I
> will admit I made a coding error.
>
> As to GROUP BY not equaling ORDER BY - that is obvious. What YOU (Mr.
ARROGANT)
> fail to realize is that I CAN make GROUP BY act like an ORDER BY as long as
> there is a primary key (of reasonable number of columns) on the table.
>
> BACK OFF - ARROGANT! - and think about helping people solve their problems -
> instead of being so insecure to wrap your intelligence up with childish
> arrogance. REMEMBER! we, your CUSTOMERS are doing YOU a favor by buying and
> using your software. YOU are not doing us a favor by providing it - so STOP
> ACTING AS IF THE WORLD NEEDS TO BOW DOWN TO THE GOD OR ORACLE.
>

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