daniel kessler wrote: > hey thanks guys. I already implemented a clunkier way, but I'd be interested > in saving Chris' stored procedure until I'm good enough to implement it. > I'll be implementing searches forever into the future. Why wouldn't it work > in Oracle (which is my DB)?
Stored procedures are not very portable (yet) between databases. The SQL standardization committee was late defining a standard for stored procedures (SQL/PSM in 1997?, basic SQL is from 1989/1992) and by that time the big three databases already had their own languages for stored procedures. Oracle uses pl/SQL (a dialect of SQL/PSM) while MS SQL Server uses TransactSQL which is very different. In a few years this will probably improve. SQL/PSM is modelled after the procedural language in IBMs DB2. So naturally DB2 already supports it and some of the smaller databases have done so for a while too. What is new is that both MySQL and PostgreSQL are working on a compliant implementation of SQL/PSM. So in a few years we will have MS SQL Server with a totally different procedural language, Oracle with an incompatible dialect, and a large group of other databases where stored procedures are portable. <plug> How about calling your Oracle sales rep and asking how they are doing on a compliant implementation of SQL/PSM? </plug> Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:211241 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
