Re: RCS and Oracle?

From: Clay Jackson <cjackso_at_nv6.uswnvg.com>
Date: 13 May 92 19:48:46 GMT
Message-ID: <2226_at_uswnvg.UUCP>


j9z_at_ornl.gov (John Martellaro) writes:
:
: 1. Does Oracle work the same way?
I'm not 100% sure what you mean by 4GL, but Oracle has the OPTION of generating 'text' out of all of it's tools. Of course, SQL is no problem. SQL*FORMS will generate a file (at least in Unix) with an extension of '.inp' which is pure (printable) ascii, and that can be put into a code management system. I'm not sure about SQL*REPORTWRITER (it's been a while) but as I recall it can generate straight ascii, which could then be put into a CMS.

:
: 2. If so, does anyone have any experience with using SCCS or RCS with
: Oracle in such a way that we might be able to extend these concepts to
: EMPRESS?
Well, as implied above we use RCS (with a front-end developed here) for storing forms, (.inp files) and it works very well. We also developed a tool that will take a binary file and translate it into (printable) ascii, which can then be stored. Of course, if you do that you lose things like diff.

Good luck!

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Clay
Received on Wed May 13 1992 - 21:48:46 CEST

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