AW: Re[2]: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-07 Thread Stefan Jahnke
recipients of list ORACLE-L Betreff: RE: Re[2]: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? All - I think one major point has been overlooked in this discussion of how hard it is to learn Java - OOD! Our company has been sending many developers to Java class. Almost everyone reports that the big hurdle is learning

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-06 Thread Andrey Bronfin
, April 30, 2002 1:14 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? IMHO, I don't believe that you can properly learn PL/SQL in a very short period of time, or for that matter, any other language. I attended Steve Feuerstein's presentation

RE: Re[2]: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-06 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? IMHO, I don't believe that you can properly learn PL/SQL in a very short period of time, or for that matter, any other language. I attended Steve Feuerstein's presentation at MAOP-AOTC conference, and he tore into many real-life

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-06 Thread Khedr, Waleed
33063 -Original Message- From: Grabowy, Chris [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:14 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? IMHO, I don't believe that you can properly learn PL/SQL in a very

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?- java test

2002-05-06 Thread G . Plivna
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RE: Re[2]: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-06 Thread Thomas Day
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Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-05 Thread Jared Still
AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? It took you a week to learn it? Then you obviously do not know it. Syntax is one thing design is another. I would love

Re[2]: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-05 Thread Sergey V Dolgov
-Original Message- From: Grabowy, Chris [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:14 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? IMHO, I don't believe that you can properly learn PL/SQL in a very short

Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-03 Thread Peter Barnett
To:Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? IMHO, I don't believe that you can properly learn PL/SQL in a very short period of time, or for that matter, any other language. I attended Steve Feuerstein's

Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Jared Still
, Inc. 5259 Coconut Creek Parkway Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA 33063 -Original Message- From: Grabowy, Chris [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:14 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? IMHO, I don't

Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Yechiel Adar
You THINK that you are kidding. I submit to you that in a few years there will be a great demand for Cobol programmers as the current old crop goes into retirement and all the newbe's are learning Java and perl. Start writing those books. They will be needed by the time that you finish them.

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Independent contractors in Albany NY who know Cobol are getting $120/hour because all of the original employees who know Cobol are retiring. And the legacy systems are going to be around for quite awhile. -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 7:58 AM To: Multiple recipients

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Khedr, Waleed
May be it's time to switch back to Cobol! I've done it for four years (Cobol F77 with Codasyl). Regards, Waleed -Original Message- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: 5/2/02 8:13 AM Independent contractors in Albany NY who know Cobol are getting $120/hour because all

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Ramon E. Estevez
I can give you a hand in that :-) Or If you want to write it in spanish. Ramon -Original Message- Thomas F Sent: Thursday, 02 May, 2002 8:13 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Independent contractors in Albany NY who know Cobol are getting $120/hour because all of the

Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Alex
33063 -Original Message- From: Grabowy, Chris [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:14 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? IMHO, I don't believe that you can properly learn PL/SQL in a very

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
, Chris [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:14 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? IMHO, I don't believe that you can properly learn PL/SQL in a very short period of time, or for that matter, any other language

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Steve McClure
It took you a week to learn it? Then you obviously do not know it. Syntax is one thing design is another. I would love to know what you learned in that week. Getting a handle on all of the libraries and API's is another story, but Java as a language is pretty simple. Jared Well Jared, He

Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Jared . Still
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? It took you a week to learn it? Then you obviously do not know it. Syntax is one thing design is another. I would love to know what you learned in that week

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Jared . Still
:RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? It took you a week to learn it? Then you obviously do not know it. Syntax is one thing design is another. I would love to know what you learned in that week. Getting a handle on all of the libraries and API's is another story, but Java as a language is pretty

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Grabowy, Chris
: Subject:Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? It took you a week to learn it? Then you obviously do not know it. Syntax is one thing design is another. I would love to know what you learned in that week. On Thu, 2 May 2002, Jared Still wrote: Hold on Lisa! Java is not complex. It's

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Khedr, Waleed
:Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? It took you a week to learn it? Then you obviously do not know it. Syntax is one thing design is another. I would love to know what you learned in that week. On Thu, 2 May 2002, Jared Still wrote: Hold on Lisa! Java is not complex. It's a very simple

Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Alex
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? It took you a week to learn it? Then you obviously do not know it. Syntax is one thing design is another. I would love to know what you learned in that week. On Thu, 2

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/02/2002 11:48 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? Java this...PERL thatCOBOL rules It's easy to write and maintain

Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread mkb
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? It took you a week to learn it? Then you obviously do not know it. Syntax is one thing design is another. I would love to know what you learned in that week

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
I think there is a book called Java for Dummies. Regards, Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Boivin, Patrice J INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858)

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Koivu, Lisa
Message- From: Farnsworth, Dave [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 3:44 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? -Have another beer Excellent advice. I think I'll do just that. Dave -Original Message- Sent

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Grabowy, Chris
Ahhyes...COBOL for Dummiesthat sounds like a good name for a book -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 3:54 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I think there is a book called Java for Dummies. Regards, Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Resorts, Inc. 5259 Coconut Creek Parkway Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA 33063 -Original Message- From: Farnsworth, Dave [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 3:44 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? -Have another beer

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? -Have another beer Excellent advice. I think I'll do just that. Dave -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 2:29 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L yeah, yeah Chris, whatever

Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Brian_P_MacLean
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Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-02 Thread Jared . Still
: Subject:Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? And here I thought this was a private message. You have unfortunately caught me in a rather stressful week, and I find great relief in greeting arrogance with sarcasm. Don't worry about it, what I learned in a week would take you a month. Jared Alex

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2002-05-02 Thread Brian_P_MacLean
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RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-01 Thread Mark Leith
Mama Fairfield Resorts, Inc. 5259 Coconut Creek Parkway Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA 33063 -Original Message- From: Stefan Jahnke [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:49 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: AW: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? Hi

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? : the XML sub-thread

2002-05-01 Thread Hately Mike
Hee hee. XML making DBAs redundant. Sorry Mark, I know that's not what you said but I'm DBAing for an XML-based project at the minute and I've rarely been busier. For example, the latest version of the XDK (which Technet encourages you to download NOW!) doesn't include the files you need to run

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-05-01 Thread Grabowy, Chris
: RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? IMHO, I don't believe that you can properly learn PL/SQL in a very short period of time, or for that matter, any other language. I attended Steve Feuerstein's presentation at MAOP-AOTC conference, and he tore into many real-life examples of PL/SQL. Supposedly

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-04-30 Thread Connor McDonald
] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/29/2002 04:23 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? See this note: http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql

Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-04-30 Thread Connor McDonald
Yup - its compiled into (if I recall correctly) p-code which is a tokenized and optimized version of the source. You can see a number of IDL prefixed tables under SYS which contain the compiled code. You'll see the term DIANA floating about which is related to this as well. hth connor ---

RE: RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-04-30 Thread Stephane Faroult
Saw some basic demo's at a BMC/Simulus seminar revealed that compiled units were certainly faster than their interpreted counterparts - I can't remember off hand but it was in the order of 20-30% maybe? Of course, typically the main performance problems with PL/SQL are: a) poor SQL within the

AW: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-04-30 Thread Stefan Jahnke
you submit to the database are fully interpreted. PL/SQL that you store in the database as procedures, functions, and packages get partially compiled into a p-code. This makes the code ready for execution, but retains a modular design so that if your DBA reloads catproc your code is not totally

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-04-30 Thread Koivu, Lisa
Creek Parkway Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA 33063 -Original Message- From: Stefan Jahnke [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:49 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: AW: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? Hi how about Java within Oracle. What do you

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-04-30 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:49 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: AW: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? Hi how about Java within Oracle. What do you think about it ? When does it make sense to use Java instead of PL/SQL ? The problem is that I dislike

Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-04-30 Thread Mogens Nørgaard
And if you want to see the Diana-code (it's an Ada-term as I recall) all you have to do is take some wrap'ed code and "Dec" it, since wrap'ed code is nothing but Diana-code that has been Hex'ed. Guess who told me that... Mogens Connor McDonald wrote: Yup - its "compiled" into (if I recall

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-04-30 Thread Grabowy, Chris
Coconut Creek Parkway Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA 33063 -Original Message- From: Stefan Jahnke [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:49 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: AW: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? Hi how about Java within Oracle. What do

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-04-30 Thread Koivu, Lisa
. Lauderdale, FL, USA 33063 -Original Message- From: Grabowy, Chris [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:14 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? IMHO, I don't believe that you can properly learn PL/SQL in a very short

Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-04-30 Thread Don Granaman
- Original Message - From: Mogens Nørgaard To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 12:08 PM Subject: Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? And if you want to see the Diana-code (it's an Ada-term as I recall) all you have to do is take some wrap'ed cod

Re: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-04-30 Thread Don Granaman
Sometimes they appear and disappear so quickly that tracking them is akin to particle physics! According to the pundits, every new technology is the one that is going to revolutionize the industry. ;-) A few from Oracle - OPO (Oracle Power Objects), ODP (Oracle Developer Programme), CDE, OPS

pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-04-29 Thread Koivu, Lisa
Can this be true? How can this be? If it's optimized to manipulate data within the database, how can it be fast if it's interpreted (like that slow poke, Java)? I see this on Connor's website www.oracledba.co.uk under explicit/implicit cursors, under pl/sql. What on earth? Can someone

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-04-29 Thread Khedr, Waleed
See this note: http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_datab ase_id=NOTp_id=151224.1 Regards, Waleed -Original Message- Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 6:53 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Can this be true? How can this be? If it's optimized

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-04-29 Thread Jared . Still
:RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? See this note: http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_datab ase_id=NOTp_id=151224.1 Regards, Waleed -Original Message- Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 6:53 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Can this be true? How can

RE: pl/sql is INTERPRETED?

2002-04-29 Thread Khedr, Waleed
: pl/sql is INTERPRETED? See this note: http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_d atab ase_id=NOTp_id=151224.1 Regards, Waleed -Original Message- Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 6:53 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Can this be true? How can