Re: Is it possible to load the excel file by using external table without converting it into csv comma delimited file

DA Morgan wrote:
> Charles Hooper wrote:
>
> > You would be suprised by what can be written in VB:
>
> Actually nothing written in VB would surprise me.
>
> What would surprise me is seeing someone writing in VB that
> had formal training in programming and software development.
> --
> Daniel A. Morgan
> University of Washington
> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> (replace x with u to respond)
> Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
> www.psoug.org

This has been an interesting discussion, topped off by the interesting comment above.

As I look across the room (at home) I see an old Boland C for DOS and 16 bit Windows compiler and full set of manuals, Microsoft C++ 5, Visual Basic 5 Pro, and a dozen programming books for C, Pascal, Cobol, Java, and VB - and a couple Oracle books. If I were to look across the room in my office, I would see Visual Studio .NET 2005, VB 6 Pro, another dozen programming books, and three dozen other reference books.  When I needed an Oracle performance analyzer, which language did I choose to develop the program?

It is important to pick the right development tool for the task at hand. If you are developing BIOS's, operating system, drivers, database engines, etc., C or assembler make the most sense. If you are reworking a 30 year old application, there is a good chance that you will be working with Cobol. If you are designing Oracle triggers, there is a good chance that you will be using PL/SQL or Java. If you are developing code that runs inside Microsoft Access, Outlook, Excel, Word, FrontPage, AutoCAD, some ERP packages, in the Windows operating system, etc. you will likely be using some form of VB. If you have to quickly develop an application used by end users that will run reliably with decent performance, very likely you will pick a programming language that allows rapid development and deployment - the obvious choice is Cobol.

What is important is to pick the right tool for the job, even if it means doing c=c+1 instead of c++

What would be appropriate to see a formal trainer use?

Charles Hooper
PC Support Specialist
K&M Machine-Fabricating, Inc. Received on Wed Jul 12 2006 - 19:40:46 CDT