is oracle a programming language

[Nick Akabude]

Please, I would like to know if oracle could be said to be a programming
language?

[Ana C. Dent]

Nick Akabude wrote:
Please, I would like to know if oracle could be said to be a programming language?
no
SQL might be considered a programming language.
PL/SQL would be for sure a programming language.

[Ethel Aardvark]

But WHY do you need to know??

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"Nick Akabude" <anick@inwind.it> wrote in message news:<WdmDc.21039$c_1.628262@twister1.libero.it>... Please, I would like to know if oracle could be said to be a programming language?

[Ed prochak]

anacedent <anacedent@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<FPmDc.116$nc.54@fed1read03>... Nick Akabude wrote: Please, I would like to know if oracle could be said to be a programming language? no SQL might be considered a programming language. PL/SQL would be for sure a programming language.

SQL certainly is a programming language. Is it general purpose? No,
but that's not the issue. There are many custom programming languages.

ORACLE could at most be considered a programming environment, but
never a programming language.

So Nick, what class are you taking that you need ot know this?

Ed

[Ana C. Dent]

ed.prochak@magicinterface.com (Ed prochak) wrote in
news:4b5394b2.0407221011.12073772@posting.google.com:
anacedent <anacedent@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<FPmDc.116$nc.54@fed1read03>... Nick Akabude wrote: Please, I would like to know if oracle could be said to be a programming language? no SQL might be considered a programming language. PL/SQL would be for sure a programming language. SQL certainly is a programming language. Is it general purpose? No, but that's not the issue. There are many custom programming languages.

From my perspective any programming "language" where every statement
is executed once & only once for each invocation is a sorry excuse
for a programming "language"; but yes SQL can be programmed to do
useful functions.

[Hans Forbrich]

Ana C. Dent wrote:
From my perspective any programming "language" where every statement is executed once & only once for each invocation is a sorry excuse for a programming "language"; but yes SQL can be programmed to do useful functions.


FLip side - any language which requires avoiding good mathematical set
theory ... :Q

I suppose you can do some useful things in languages like Perl, C, Java,
Visual Basic and their derivatives ... But look at the cost to society:
we've created new Billionaires just trying to cover up the mistakes created
by the previous set. At least with SQL you have to think for a while
before you make a mistake <g>

[Ed prochak]

"Ana C. Dent" <anacedent@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<Xns952EB2448B892SunnySD@68.1.17.6>... ed.prochak@magicinterface.com (Ed prochak) wrote in news:4b5394b2.0407221011.12073772@posting.google.com: anacedent <anacedent@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<FPmDc.116$nc.54@fed1read03>... Nick Akabude wrote: > Please, I would like to know if oracle could be said to be a > programming language? no SQL might be considered a programming language. PL/SQL would be for sure a programming language. SQL certainly is a programming language. Is it general purpose? No, but that's not the issue. There are many custom programming languages. From my perspective any programming "language" where every statement is executed once & only once for each invocation is a sorry excuse for a programming "language"; but yes SQL can be programmed to do useful functions.

But consider the efficiency! SQL can do in ONE statement what other
languages require anywhere from a dozen to hundreds of statements.

Enjoy!
ed