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Re: whenever sqlerror is an unknown statement?

From: Frank van Bortel <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:21:13 +0100
Message-ID: <dr8ltp$h4m$1@news3.zwoll1.ov.home.nl>


jjsavage_at_gmail.com wrote:
> 2. This is bad news, since I really need to create a table dynamically
> somehow, but only if it doesn't already exist. How is this done in
> Oracle?

Seldom true.

You're just porting SS2K code 1:1 to Oracle and being lazy. <ashamed>Been there, done that.</ashamed>

Oracle is far more sophisticated, and has seldom need for dBaseIV like constructs; you should rewrite that code. Been there, done that, too.

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Regards,
Frank van Bortel

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Received on Wed Jan 25 2006 - 14:21:13 CST

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