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good idea try to write only ANSI SQL? Use online SQL Validator? Is there a local tool? [message #619326] Mon, 21 July 2014 08:52 Go to next message
rc3d
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Hi

Oracle was my first RDBMS. I write (for example) TO_NUMBER/TO_CHAR/TO_DATE instead of ANSI SQL CAST. Simply because I didn't know.

Does it make sense if I will write only ANSI SQL? Even when Oracle only?

I found a Slashdot Story from 2002 with online SQL validator: http://developers.slashdot.org/story/02/02/19/1720246/sql-validator -> http://developer.mimer.com/validator/index.htm

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The validator looks "shitty" and is only available in the cloud. Is there a local alternative? Maybe even solution from Oracle? In future I need to work with MySQL (even later MariaDB) and Oracle Server.
Re: good idea try to write only ANSI SQL? Use online SQL Validator? Is there a local tool? [message #619327 is a reply to message #619326] Mon, 21 July 2014 09:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Lalit Kumar B
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rc3d wrote on Mon, 21 July 2014 19:22

Does it make sense if I will write only ANSI SQL? Even when Oracle only?


It's up to you whether or not to use ANSI syntax. Oracle supports it. It would make a difference to me only if I see any performance difference between the two syntax.

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Is there a local alternative? Maybe even solution from Oracle?


I don't know and never heard of "Oracle" itself providing any tool Shocked
Re: good idea try to write only ANSI SQL? Use online SQL Validator? Is there a local tool? [message #619331 is a reply to message #619326] Mon, 21 July 2014 10:19 Go to previous message
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Does it make sense if I will write only ANSI SQL? Even when Oracle only?


No.
TI_NUMBER, TO_CHAR, TO_DATE are NOT the equivalent to CAST.

Example:
SQL> select cast('10-DEC-2014' as date) from dual;
select cast('10-DEC-2014' as date) from dual
            *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01858: a non-numeric character was found where a numeric was expected


SQL> select to_date('10-DEC-2014','DD-MON-YYYY','nls_date_language=american') from dual;
TO_DATE('10-DEC-201
-------------------
10/12/2014 00:00:00


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