Re: Would be really nice if...

Haximus wrote:

>>I agree entirely. Daniel has already illustrated a point to ponder,
>>namely DDL against the table adding/modifying/dropping columns.
>>'Select *' should break, or the application code receiving the
>>resultset from 'select *' should cause something to break. I hate to
>>say this, but the request screams laziness on the part of the
>>programmer. Why should Oracle reward such laziness?
>>
>>It's a mystery.

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> Because I'm the customer and the customer is always right!  As for your 
> comment, you're definitely not an innovative thinker... 

The customer may always be right ... but I doubt you are the customer. I suspect "the customer" pays your salary and would take a dim view of something that would break so many applications.

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Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
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