Re: Oracle and Access difference

Another thing worth pointing out is that although Access isn't good as a back end, as a front end for ODBC datasources it's quite useful. I use it quite a lot as an alternative to SQL*Plus when I want to select more than one or two fields, play with Where clauses, have all the output nicely lined up and not type for ages.

NB I saw some message trying to defend SQL*Plus the other day. Pointless exercise in the extreme. SQL*Plus is to database tools what Edlin is to text editors.

Bill.

PS I would have used vi as an example of a crap text editor but the all the "this is harder to use so must be more powerful and better" brigade would have flamed me. So I didn't.

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