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Re: [Newbie] Oracle

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 08:54:10 -0700
Message-ID: <1117208990.710296@yasure>


Frank van Bortel wrote:

> DA Morgan wrote:
> 
> 

>>Simply stated Oracle is not JUST a database server and quite frankly
>>I don't even think you know the meaning of the phrase "database
>>server" that you used. You seem to have some very popular
>>misconceptions.
>>
>>1. Databases are file systems
>>2. SQL is SQL is SQL
> 
> [SNIP!]
> Now - in Oracle, that might not be true - sometimes it is NULL
> ;)

Sometimes my brain is too. I can't wait for Oracle's Q4 to be over. Their end-of-year frenzy, combined with this being finals week is driving me to want to strap on my scuba tank and put myself down about 60 feet off the coast of Belize.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
Relational theory is not something that is simply a nice-to-have.
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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