On Fri, 05 Jan 2007, damorgan_at_psoug.org wrote:
> Galen Boyer wrote:
>> On Thu, 04 Jan 2007, damorgan_at_psoug.org wrote:
>>> Serge Rielau wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I'm not quite sure I can agree that something violating Oracle's
>>>>> advice, and generating an error, is a bug. At least not as long as
>>>>> the word TIMESTAMP is present in gv$reserved_words.
>>>> I wish my customers were as tolerant as you are....
>>> When a company goes to the effort to put a reference of keywords
>>> into their product then it becomes the obligation of the developers
>>> and DBAs to use it.
>>>
>>> When you buy an car ... do you expect the dealer to teach you how to
>>> drive it?
>> If there are differences between the platform independent way
>> of driving
>> cars, I would expect them to tell me about it.
>
> Fly to Europe.
> Rent a car.
> Don't expect anyone to put up English language road signs.
> Or (UK) to teach you how to drive on the "wrong" side of the road.
> Does that qualify? ;-)
If I bought Oracle when I was there, I would expect them to give me the
message that "timestamp" is not a valid name in the language of the
country I bought it in.
--
Galen Boyer
Received on Sat Jan 06 2007 - 06:53:06 CST
