Thanks. It doesn't make the programming easier...it's just easier to read the tables! Victor
On Jan 4, 2008 2:23 PM, Scott Helms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let me ask this another way, what does this gain you that makes it > worthwhile to make it harder to work with your database in (at least) two > of > the most common languages? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Victor Subervi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 1:08 PM > To: Wm Mussatto; mysql@lists.mysql.com > Subject: Re: Any Penalty For $ Sign? > > Hmm. The idea is to take this open source. I'll eventually switch over to > Java. I guess there may be some people tempted to write a quick perl > script, > as you say, but on the other hand it wouldn't be part of the open source > package, which will be either all Python or all Java. Your thoughts? > Victor > > On Jan 4, 2008 2:00 PM, Wm Mussatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Question is, will anyone ever have to write a quick utility in perl (or > > any language which uses '$' as a delimiter) to support this? Will you > > have to explain your tables to anyone else? > > On Fri, January 4, 2008 09:15, Victor Subervi wrote: > > > LOL! True. I'm a Python guy ;) > > > > > > On Jan 4, 2008 1:14 PM, Gerald L. Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Victor Subervi wrote: > > >> > Hi; > > >> > I discovered I can use a $ sign in table names: > > >> > my$table > > >> > Is this recommended against? It's kind of handy in my app. > > >> > TIA, > > >> > Victor > > >> > > > >> If you write any PHP or Perl code, you will be very sorry. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Gerald L. Clark > > >> Supplier Systems Corporation > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > MySQL General Mailing List > > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > > To unsubscribe: > > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >
