Re: Wrapped PLSQL

From: Mark Townsend <markbtownsend_at_attbi.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 03:40:28 GMT
Message-ID: <B9E5E610.B1B%markbtownsend@attbi.com>

in article 3DC0080F.F96ACAC3_at_exesolutions.com, Daniel Morgan at dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com wrote on 10/30/02 8:25 AM:

> That being said I don't believe the point of wrapping is to prevent
> Microsoft, or anyone else, from duplicating Oracle. Anything can be
> reverse engineered. The point is to allow vendors of products to protect
> their source code from their competitors. And as someone that has worked
> on developing commercial products ... that is very much appreciated.

One of the benefits of wrapped code is that it prevents keen DBA's from changing the stored procedures that may be seen to be core to the successful functioning of the engine. As to whether this is the primary driver for Oracle's (or anybodies else) use of them, I couldn't possibly comment :-) Received on Wed Oct 30 2002 - 21:40:28 CST