RE: A Question on the Basics of PL/SQL

Oracle Corporations Coding Rules

1. The use of functions to return more than one "value" is strictly forbidden though encouraged nevertheless
2. Quod licet jovi. Non licet bovi (What's okay for Jupiter to do is not okay for a cow to do)

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For point two, Oracle Corp is the jovian entity and we, the users of their products, are the cattle. I never took Latin; it probably shows.

Ian MacGregor
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
ian_at_slac.stanford.edu

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Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 7:56 AM
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On Thursday 28 June 2001 18:01, MacGregor, Ian A. wrote:
> Here's a line from the package header for dbms_standard:
>
> function dictionary_obj_name_list (object_list out ora_name_list_t)
> return binary_integer;
>
> The function returns both a binary integer and a table of varchar2(64)'s.

Arghh! That just makes me crazy!

We should send the Oracle development team copies of:

  The Elements of Programming Style
  Code Complete
  Writing Solid Code

Jared

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