Re: to study PL/SQL or Java ?

Hi.

My personal point of view is:

- if you are talking about server-side development then PL/SQl is by
far and large the best choice. I have seen few people really trying to
use Java in the server

- Oracle Forms is a tool that won't be around for many more years and I
don't think there is a point in learning it now. If you already know
Oracle Forms then there are some legacy application you will be able to
work with, but few new projects are designed for Oracle Forms

- That's why I say that when thinking about the application side then
the first decision is about the platform you want to work with: J2EE or
.NET. If it is J2EE then you will stick to Java. If it is .NET you will
want to learn C#, VB or ASP.

Roque

--- Edwin Davidson <ak429@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear all:
> 
> To program against Oracle I am assuming that one has to know PL/SQL
> very,
> very well but also Java too to some extent. Is this true ?  Do you
> tend to
> mix the two ? 
> 
> By the way, do many of you out there on this list make your daily
> living
> programming against Oracle in PL/SQL or Java or Forms ? Or all three
> ?  I
> assume that not all of us here are Oracle beginners - there must be
> some
> full-time programmers in here too. 
> 
> Java and PL/SQL are both languages that people do not use to it's
> fullest
> extend - meaning that most folks programming in it everyday might use
> 25-30% of the capabilities of the language - not anywhere near 100%. 
> Do
> you find this to be true ? 
> 
> I'd really like some comments on the above from you guys.  Thanks a
> lots
> everybody for reading.  And Christmas is only 28 days away ! 
> 
> Edwin Davidson
> Halifax, Nova Scotia
> Canada
> 
> 
> 
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