At 09:51 PM 11/20/02 -0500, nprasad3@... wrote:

>Isn't this the same as embedding java into the database engine? I
>personally hate oracle for having done such a thing as it is slow,
>makes the database engine un-reliable by asking the user from avoiding
>the use of network level code that would block, avoid user interface
>interaction in stored procedures...
>

Java can be reliably implemented in a secure manner. All native
calls are under control of the virtual machine which can enforce
any policy deemed prudent.

If you are willing to take guidance from Oracles bad implementation,
pre-version 7 would have convinced you that relational databases
were inherently bad.

Jim Starkey