Re: create table statements in a given directory

In our last gripping episode David Fetter <shackle_at_fetter.org> wrote:
> lrako_at_hotmail.com wrote:
> > Hi ,
 

> > I received on a CD a whole Oracle application. The CD is structured
> > as follows (more or less):
 

> > C:\tables
> > C:\views
> > C:\procs
> > C:\triggers
> > ...
 

> > Yes.It is on Windows NT.
>
> Step 1. Mount the CD on a UNIX (or Linux) box. The former NT box
> with its drive wiped and UNIX installed instead would be an ideal
> candidate.
>

What a novel idea... completely gut a production system running on NT (probably the O/S of choice for the enterprise) and rebuild it with UNIX. Apparently it wouldn't matter that no one may know UNIX -- just do it anyway. Not the most responsible of suggestions.

> Step 2. Do the usual UNIX stuff.
>

From above, there may be no one who knows UNIX at that site, making the 'upgrade' fairly worthless for the time being.

> Cheers,
> D
> --
> David Fetter 888 O'Farrell Street Apt E1205
> david_at_fetter.org San Francisco, CA 94109-9046
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>
> Governments, like diapers, should be changed often, and for the same
> reason.
>

I am not disparaging UNIX -- I cut my teeth on UNIX and most systems I've worked on have been various and sundry ports of the O/S, however there are reasons, unbeknownst to you, why a company chooses NT over UNIX. One shouldn't advocate trashing a system simply because the operating system isn't what one would like.

--
David Fitzjarrell
Oracle Certified DBA


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