Re: Re[2]: var source_data varchar2(12)

I do. I thought that IAD (graphic interface which came with 2.0 in version 5) was a solution to all problems. Version 4 was used for training purposes only. First real apps were developed with 5.0 and 5.1.22.

On 11/17/2003 06:14:24 AM, Carel-Jan Engel wrote:
> Mladen, we must have started in the same era. You're describing the
> environment I started with, however, our disk was 10MB. So you remember
> SQL*Forms 1.3 (IAC/IAG/IAP) and HLI as well?
>
> > Carel, I know that. That was my first oracle version. I installed V4 on an
> > IBM
> > PC/XT with WD 20MB hard drive and two 5.25 floppy drives which could
> > each hold 360k of information. Yes, you read it correctly. It was 20 MB
> > hard drive, not 20 GB. OS was the unforgettable DOS 3.0 and the graphic
> > card was called "Hercules". I don't know why was it called "graphic card"
> > because it didn't have any graphic. The first real graphic was CGA and
> > then
> > EGA, VGA, XGA on PS/2 (IBM PS/2, not Playstation 2) and SVGA.
> >
> > On 2003.11.16 21:04, Carel-Jan Engel wrote:
> >> Hi Mladen,
> >>
> >> At 06:19 12-11-03 -0800, you wrote:
> >>> SQL*Plus has a ghastly and disgusting user interface,
> >>> implemented without "readline" or equivalent, which would give a
> >>> command
> >>> history.
> >>> Littering the system with those @#$%! afiedt.buf files is bad enough
> >>> but
> >>> line
> >>> editting commands are an indicator of how much oracle cares for the
> >>> user
> >>> interface.
> >> <snip>
> >>> and sqlplus is definitely not something that I'd like presenting to my
> >>> users.
> >>
> >>
> >> Do you know how SQL*Plus was called during Oracle V4? (And maybe
> >> earlier,
> >> but this is as far as my history with Oracle goes)
> >>
> >> They called it UFI, which means User Friendly Interface!
> >>
> >> Regards, Carel-Jan
> >>
> >> -- There will allways be another 10 last bugs --
> >>
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