Re: Re[2]: Oracle vs Mysql

I know I used to set up RPT and do all sorts of complex updating things. At the State and with things coming from mainframes, the data organization seemed to lend itself well to RPT.

Since the organization was like of loops within loops, I could take the high order update and then loop through the subdata, and if it had subdata, so be it, I could get it too.

> What RPT and RPF exactly are? Are they some sort of reporting tool?
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> > RPT was great stuff. In addition to SELECT statements it could do full
> > DML, DDL, and DCL (I think.) Like Unix it was just particular on who it
> > was friendly with. :-) Then there was RPT2C. Now there's perl.
> >
> > Eschewing the pointy-clicky stuff.
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> > The RPT & RPF Oracle class was what made me go looking very quickly for
> > a batch Oracle tool. Then I found SQR. (This was all before PL/SQL and
> > the current versions of Oracle Reports). We bought it and the rest was
> > history. Why Oracle didn't buy SQR when they had a chance amazes me.
> >
> > Tom Mercadante
> > Oracle Certified Professional
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> > Careful Mladen, your revealing your age!! Bet you remember RPT & RPF
> > as well!!
> >
> > Dick Goulet
> > Senior Oracle DBA
> > Oracle Certified 8i DBA
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