May 09, 2003
Oracle must be doing badly..

To put advertising in sqlplus quit message.

SQL> quit;
Disconnected from Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options JServer Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production

I mean really.. we already bought it, we know what features it has, thanks though!

Posted May 09, 2003 12:21 AM in Geek Stuff
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Comments
On May 9, 2003 01:24 AM Jeremy Zawodny added:

They should have put the price in the message too. :-)

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On May 9, 2003 03:03 AM beno added:

Probably the advertising will change later to promote the next release edition... and you'll not be able to quit until buying it! :)

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On May 10, 2003 03:41 AM Mike Short added:

In large, complex environments, this sort of information is invaluable as an "idiot check" for developers and (especially) implementers alike.

Still, the verbosity probably should be controllable.

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On May 12, 2003 02:54 AM Jeremy aka bad-magic-number added:

I can see it now:
SQL> quit;
Disconnected from Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options JServer Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production

CALL NOW, Oracle10i release! 1-800-555-5555, that's 1-800-555-5555. Upgrade now, or we'll raise your support costs and make it a living hell for you if you don't upgrade.

So, call now!

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Gotta love the advertising. :)

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