Re: IF Exists SQL statement help

On Sat, 24 Aug 2002, postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl wrote:
> On 23 Aug 2002 21:26:19 -0500, Galen Boyer <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com>

>>Not every question has to be taken as though the end-result is going
>>to be a production piece of SQL.

I just disagree.

When I write scripts for my own use, I don't document, I don't write usage, I don't do much of anything that would allow it to make it to production.

> I don't know any developer who regularly brushes up his code for a
> production system, in fact I know most developers only know the copy
> and paste buttons. The quality of *all* the code (without exception)
> of all 3rd party applications I see is usually *dramatic*. That is
> including Oracle Apps, which is the *WORST* product Oracle ever
> shipped (No Primary keys, No RI)

I'm just talking about scripts I write for myself in my own environment. There are lots of these kinds of things that people are asking about how to accomplish and the answers they get back scold them because they aren't following production guidelines.

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Galen deForest Boyer
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.