Not sure how many of the Posse listeners deal with Oracle databases on a regular basis, but I remember coding against an Oracle back-end at my very first Java job (almost my first job, period) and have been coming into contact with those databases periodically ever since, including my current work.
I remember when Oracle 8i introduced JVM running inside the database, which allowed you to write stored procedures in Java, instead of PL-SQL. And it just dawned on me now, years later, that as a Java developer, knee-deep in enterprise projects most of the time, never gave that feature much more than a fleeting glance. The recent Sun acquisition has made me wonder if Oracle doesn't have some plans to fortify this angle -- to open their RDBMS to other, less traditional techniques. I looked around and found some documentation regarding writing Java stored procedures, as things stand, and to my disappointment, it appears there is still no way to marshal custom objects in or out of Oracle using this technology. At least, it doesn't appear to be its intended use. But suppose we could do it? I'm already using GWT, which allows me to write a Java "bean" that can go seamlessly between a servlet container and Javascript on the client. Wouldn't it be neat to be able to extend that language interoperability all the way to the relational store? Anyone know anything about Oracle's plans or lack thereof regarding DB-embedded Java? Alexey 2001 Honda CBR600F4i (CCS) 2002 Suzuki Bandit 1200S 1992 Kawasaki EX500 http://azinger.blogspot.com http://bsheet.sourceforge.net http://wcollage.sourceforge.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
