Re: Is there any predefined Oracle constants there denominate very large number ?

Ranko.Mosic_at_gmail.com wrote:
> Question was very clear - Tom Kyte and some other people understood and
> immediatelly responded.
> Sign of bad IT person: when presented with question/challenge they ask
> " Why ? ( do you want to do it; would there be something like it )
> ..."; or answer is not reply to your question, but something you know
> about ( not necessarily related to the question )
> I was just asked if something like this exists, and it turns out 10g
> has some constants like that,
> like above mentioned BINARY_DOUBLE_INFINITY. So problem presented here
> is not that unusual.
> Fact that you don't know something, didn't think of something, or can't
> strech your brain a little doesn't have to provoke
> inelegant/mediocre/attacking responses.
> And constant can be assigned a value.
>
> Regards, Ranko.

Sorry for last post, new to this game.
Here's the real one:

I think of someone who is asking questions as a sign of a 'good' IT person. Especially if little background is available. There is always the danger of jumping to conclusions. Or getting answers that are not pertinent.

Regards,
Eric. Received on Tue Nov 29 2005 - 09:07:35 CST