Macros

Enhancing idql/iapi with rlwrap (part II)

This is Part II of a tour of rlwrap for idql/iapi. For Part I, please follow the link here. Enhanced output visualization This is one rlwrap’s most fantastic enhancement. It is not that different from what I suggested(…)

Enhancing idql/iapi with rlwrap (part I)

The rant I have a confession to make: I’m obsessed with idql/iapi. These tools so central to Documentum administrative tasks are so lame for interactive work that they have probably disgusted more than their share of administrators. The problem is(…)

Oracle 20c SQL Macros: a scalar example to join agility and performance

By Franck Pachot . Let’s say you have a PEOPLE table with FIRST_NAME and LAST_NAME and you want, in many places of your application, to display the full name. Usually my name will be displayed as ‘Franck Pachot’ and(…)