Do you remember IBM System 3/10? RPGII & flat files? 120 col. punch cards? No hard drives?
My $0.02 worth, Ken Janusz, CPIM ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 8:39 AM > Careful Mladen, your revealing your age!! Bet you remember RPT & RPF as well!! > > Dick Goulet > Senior Oracle DBA > Oracle Certified 8i DBA > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 2:04 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > On 2004.01.19 23:39, Jonathan Gennick wrote: > > > I used to use a SQL Module compiler. Not with Oracle though. > > It's rare for me to run into someone else who likes that > > approach. Actually, it's rare for me to encounter someone > > who's even heard of it... > > Jonathan, I've been around for a long time. I've seen things like > DataLens for Lotus123, SQL*Calc, Easy*SQL, then there was an Oracle > version of then popular DB2 tool, which looked like an IBM 3874 terminal on top > of VT320, SQL*Graph does deserve a honorable mention, then there was PRO*Pascal, > and a myriad of other exotic stuff that I cannot remember now. I was laughing when > I saw "UNDO TABLESPACES" in 9i. What exactly is a difference between a specialized > undo tablespace and a file that was just laying around and couldn't be touched and > was named "Before Image file" or "BI file". Logical names (another concept that many > youngsters are probably unfamiliar with) were usually VAX$BI or ORACLE$BI. > Unfortunately, discussions like that are not part of OCP curriculum. > The file is not really part of the database, you can't create any objects in it, it manages > itself and it stores the old values of oracle blocks, in case rollback is needed. I could > be talking about "BI" file or "UNDO TABLESPACE", there is no difference whatsoever. > > > -- > Mladen Gogala > Oracle DBA > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Mladen Gogala > 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). > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Goulet, Dick > 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: KENNETH JANUSZ 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).
