As with any language, it's assumed that the developer will attempt to learn the language. :)
This is pretty simply stuff, and very readable to folks with smattering of Perl knowledge. Jared On Wednesday 14 August 2002 20:38, Grabowy, Chris wrote: > How many developers can maintain that "cryptic" Perl code? > > Come over to the light...don't be afraid. > > Chris > > PS. 20 alpha characters...and about 25 special characters in that bit of > code.....hmmmmm, not going to say anything about that. > > > -----Original Message----- > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Grabowy, Chris > Sent: 8/14/2002 2:03 PM > > How many of those "non-cryptic" languages can dump a table > to a CSV file in 2 lines of (readable ) code? > > while ( my $ary = $sth->fetchrow_arrayref ) { > print q{"} . join(q{","},@{$ary}) . qq{"\n}; > } > > Come over to the dark side Chris. ;) > > Jared > > > > > > "Grabowy, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 08/14/2002 07:28 AM > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: RE: RE: Dba tools on NT > > > Spaghetti code is easy to write...just throw some GOTOs in there. > > I just have some issues with a language that has more special characters > > in > it then alpha characters. > > Sigh. I miss the good ole days, COBOL, Fortran, Pascal, and even a > little > bit of BASIC...I guess that's why I enjoy PL/SQL. > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 5:32 PM > To: Grabowy, Chris; Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > I'll agree with Jared. Given any programming or scripting language and > there's > some duhveloper out there who can make a completely obfuscated mess out > of > it. > I was once told that it was impossible under Ada, boy did that ever get > retracted by the author in a hurry!! > > Dick Goulet > > ____________________Reply Separator____________________ > Author: "Grabowy; Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 8/13/2002 2:06 PM > > DOH!!!! Ouch...(limping along)...come on now. Perl has won "awards" > for > it's "readability" and "maintainability". I'm not slamming Perl, it has > saved my behind on W2K platforms, which has no real scripting language. > And > I did advance order a copy of your book. Not that I want to be a > Duhveloper... > > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 4:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Grabowy, Chris > > > And it's difficult to write, looks like scrambled eggs when your done, > > and > > > impossible to maintain... > > Of course, you can say this about any programming or scripting language. > > It all depends on the ability of the programmer. > > Jared > > > > > > > "Grabowy, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 08/13/2002 10:24 AM > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: RE: Dba tools on NT > > > And it's difficult to write, looks like scrambled eggs when your done, > and > impossible to maintain... > > On the other hand, you could write the entire Windows XP operating > system > in > one line of Perl...including Internet Explorer. > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:49 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Without a doubt - perl - get it free from www.activestate.com. Why use > it? > Well, it is so flexible compared to other NT/DOS scripting tools you'll > wonder why you never had it before! It's also portable meaning all those > scripts you write should work on multi platforms with just a little > tweak! > > Lewis Bishop > --- > Barclays Enable/ISS/OPTS - Oracle OCP Database Consultant > Phone - 020 8298 3418 > Mobile - 07950 380857 > Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: 13 August 2002 17:25 > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > This header confirms that this email message has been swept for the > presence of computer viruses. > > Corporate IT > THE WOOLWICH > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Hello all > > We are looking on programming and scripting tools > for DBA team on NT. > > Can you, oracle DBA's on NT, tell me off the list > what tools you are using for these functions > and, if you be so kind, why you choose them. > > TIA > > Yechiel Adar > Mehish -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).