"wile" <wilekayote_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Wrt to the following comment:
> "as Oracle's lack of capability. One can easily create temporary tables
> with dynamically created columns in Oracle. One can also be frequently
> be reminded that it is bad design that only exists in SQL Server
> because of the weaknesses of the underlying architecture and that
> Microsoft is working like crazy to overcome it in future versions"
>
> As a SQL Server and Oracle programmer I think the point is that SQL
> Server is just so much simpler/intuative. Yes Oracle may have some
> super powerful features but they are just so bloody hard to find. It
> may excite some people to read though manuals on their weekends but for
> those of us who dont live to code Oracle just seems to make things hard
> that don't need to be.
>
Creating a temp table to do a query doesn't seem easier to me than just
doing the query. Isn't just doing the query simpler? (Oracle)
Jim
Received on Sat Jan 22 2005 - 12:24:16 CST
