Speaking of COBOL, it is the first truly portable and truly disgusting computer language, designed by bureaucrats. Java is an apparent heir to the throne long held by COBOL. -- Mladen Gogala A & E TV Network Ext. 1216 > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercadante, Thomas F > [mailto:thomas.mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 1:28 PM > To: 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: RE: Outer Joins are Evil? > > > Karen, > > The design flaw mentioned by the writer sounds like a > tip'o'the'hat to Cobol programmers who still do not > understand relational tables, and don't want to learn. They > want to get "records" of data from the database without > having to worry about how to get it. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------