Other than "it's in SQL2003", what's the point of implementing this?
No idea, but it doesn't really matter IMHO: it is in SQL2003, it doesn't interfere with the rest of the system or impose a significant maintenance burden and it has essentially zero negative side effects. So why _not_ implement it?
Trying to implement everything in Oracle is a goal up with which we must
not try to keep.
Granted, but that's not the case here.
-Neil
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