Re: MySQL Gets Functions in Java - Enlightenment Please

Does this include ALL the functionality of Java? Objects, Polymorphism,
Inheritance, or is it just a subset?

T.

John Sidney-Woollett wrote:

>It means that you can create stored procedures/functions which reside in
>the database that are written in java (as opposed to the native SQL
>programming language).
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>Why would you want this? If you were more familiar with java than any of
>the currently supported procedural languages, then it means that you don't
>necessarily have to get to grips with another programming language.
>
>This would be a "nice to have" for Postgres too - I believe that it
>supports PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl, and PL/Python at present.
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>Oracle also offers the ability to write stored procedures in java.
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>It's funny, even though I program in java all the time, I still write my
>procedures in the SQL programming language (PL/pgSQL). Even if the java
>language were available for Postgres, I'm not sure I would use it...
>
>John Sidney-Woollett
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>Tony (Unihost) said:
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>>Can someone a little more clever than I (which means just about anyone
>>on this list) tell me what the implications/benefits are of this are
>>please?
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>>http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/03/12/19/1628241.shtml?tid=108&tid=126&tid=137&tid=156&tid=198
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>>Cheers
>>
>>T.
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