Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!ncar!tank!eecae!netnews.upenn.edu!dsl.cis.upenn.edu!catone From: catone@dsl.cis.upenn.edu (Tony Catone) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: RDBMS sux Message-ID: <17393@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 28 Nov 89 18:24:23 GMT References: <860@anasaz.UUCP> <881@anasaz.UUCP> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: catone@dsl.cis.upenn.edu (Tony Catone) Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 15 In article <881@anasaz.UUCP> john@anasaz.UUCP (John Moore) writes: >You tell me! Here is the application: I have a reservation system with >500,000 names in it. Someone wants to display a list of similar >names (where similar can be resolved to >= "xxx"). They only have >room on their screen for 20 names. How can I only get 20 names? I believe Oracle's SQL-Forms module allows you to specify this automatically. Give them a call and ask for the SQL-Forms demo disk; it will show you what you need to know. Be forewarned, however, that Oracle sales people can be a bit much to deal with sometimes, so you really want to ask for the product literature and demo disk and then decide for yourself. - Tony catone@dsl.cis.upenn.edu catone@wharton.upenn.edu Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com