Re: PostgreSQL vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft

Connect to an external data system using a socket and propagate data
changes using a trigger... I've had to do this, and it sucks to be
stuck in Oracle!

Alex Turner
NetEconomist


On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:29:52 -0600, Jim C. Nasby <decibel@decibel.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 12:46:01PM -0500, Alex Turner wrote:
> > You sir are correct!  You can't use perl in MS-SQL or Oracle ;).
>
> On the other hand, PL/SQL is incredibly powerful, especially combined
> with all the tools/utilities that come with Oracle. I think you'd be
> hard-pressed to find too many real-world examples where you could do
> something with a PostgreSQL procedural language that you couldn't do
> with PL/SQL.
> --
> Jim C. Nasby, Database Consultant               decibel@decibel.org
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