Re: Conditionally dropping tables in script

Paul Dixon wrote:

> "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message
> > There is no reference to either script or procedure in the OP. You're
> > mindreading.
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> Sybrand
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> The message Subject is "Conditionally dropping tables in script" ;-)
>
> Paul Dixon

Script, in this newsgroup, is as often misused as is the word instance. So the fact that someone writes "script" really doesn't carry much weight though I can certainly see his point.

The reason I assumed he meant procedure is that I can't imagine anyone getting past the first two or three weeks in Oracle not knowing how to write "DROP TABLE xyz" in SQL*Plus. And that anything you can do in SQL*Plus you can do in a script. If I grant a person credit for knowing the difference between a script and a procedure then I assume they know the most basic of the basics. Word misuse then becomes the most reasonable interpretation.

Daniel Morgan Received on Fri Aug 02 2002 - 10:42:39 CDT