Ah, got it. Yes, it is Oracle specific. Jared
On Tuesday 18 February 2003 10:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jared your right I just see PL/SQL different from other programming > languages from the perspective of its "openness". For example, I write > korn shell scripts to do a number of things not just related to managing an > Oracle database itself. I use C language for a number of things. PL/SQL I > wouldn't use for anything but writing Oracle server-side code. That is > what I meant. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jared Still [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 1:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Programming languages that make DBA's lives easier > > > > PL/SQL is not a programming language? > > What are your criteria that must be met > before it's a programming language? > > Jared > > On Tuesday 18 February 2003 09:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > C > > Shell Scripting > > Perl > > Pl/SQL - "not really a programming language" > > Java > > > > Now, if the more developer-minded DBA's amongst us could rate them as % > > important that would be cool! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 11:56 AM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > On top of learning Oracle, which programming languages would also benefit > > some1 learning Oracle? Perl? Java? How would these languages be used? > > ---------------------------------------- > Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Description: > ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).