RE: Outer Joins are Evil?
- From: "Gogala, Mladen" <Mladen.Gogala@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:33:34 -0400
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 //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/
FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Other related posts:
