RE: Can TO_NUMBER Do This?

From: Kimberly Smith <kimberly.smith_at_gmd.fujitsu.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 12:54:41 -0700
Message-Id: <10603.115777@fatcity.com>

Hey, I worked with that guy...

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From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Ed Bittel Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 11:48 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: Can TO_NUMBER Do This?

• Jared Still <jkstill_at_bcbso.com> wrote:
  > > NEVER store formatting with the data. This does make
  > it rather hard to reformat it in other ways. Does your
  > developer think Oracle is a spreadsheet?
  

Actually, he does. The application he's developed mimics a spreadsheet using a browser. Since I originally posted the question, I've learned that he 'had to store everything as character' because the rows of the table include the records he uses for the 'web-spreadsheet' headings as well as the data.

I predict this is going to be a huge pain-in-the-tail app to maintain once people start using it. The worst part is that everytime something errors-out or doesn't work as planned, he comes to me and says 'Is there something wrong with Oracle?'.

Make some room on that soap-box for me.

-Ed

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