Re: Oracle 7.1 Enhancements
Date: 20 Jun 1994 10:29:29 -0600
Message-ID: <2u4g59$c3p_at_tibalt.supernet.ab.ca>
Ray Ontko (rayo_at_ontko.com) wrote:
> In article <2ttklb$kso_at_u.cc.utah.edu> mem8321_at_u.cc.utah.edu (Mark Miller) writes:
> >From: mem8321_at_u.cc.utah.edu (Mark Miller)
> >Subject: Re: Oracle 7.1 Enhancements
> >Date: 17 Jun 1994 20:03:23 -0600
> >In my opinion the SQL treatment of NULLS has a few serious flaws.
> IMHO2. Several recent issues of Database Programming & Design have
> interesting articles and letters on this topic. Chris Date has been
> writing on this topic for years. I'm sure you'll find the discussion
> interesting and helpful.
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One of the hardest things I faced when jumping from DB2 to Oracle (back in the Oracle V4 days) was Oracle's mistreatment of NULLS.
Virtually every other area in Oracle was/is a pleasant improvement over DB2 for my style of development, except NULLS.
Ray ... ditto your coments, esp. on Database Programming & Design & Date's articles.
/Hans Received on Mon Jun 20 1994 - 18:29:29 CEST