Re: Perl or Shell for DBAs

From: John Kanagaraj <JKanagaraj_at_mfi.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 12:24:55 -0800
Message-Id: <10707.124240@fatcity.com>

> What is your idea? Lots of new DBAs are in favor of Perl, as it is
> more
> versatile, but old DBAs are thinking Shell is universal and better for
> UNIX
> Oracle DBAs.

Rama,

What's your balance of DBAs/SAs knowing Shell vs Perl? PERL skills are (generally) portable across platforms, but Shell is better known (?) at least among us oldies! You also have to keep in mind that DBI/DBD and other goodies are available only in PERL... Go for it!

John Kanagaraj
http://www.geocities.com/john_sharmila

JESUS is the reason for the season!

Disclaimer : The opinions expressed above are my own and do not reflect those of MFI or its associates Received on Mon Dec 11 2000 - 14:24:55 CST