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I know I'm going to burn Karma, but, Parametrized SQL queries on HN's front page? really? BTW, Does anybody knows why the question mark is used instead of some

by samuel 17y ago

I know I'm going to burn Karma, but, Parametrized SQL queries on HN's front page? really? BTW, Does anybody knows why the question mark is used instead of something more descriptive? Oracle's JDBC driver allows the use of ":param" syntax and I can't imagine why is not the JDBC's standard way.

gaius 17y ago
The simple answer is that Sun panicked when Java failed to gain any traction for applets vs Flash and JDBC was rushed out of the door as they flailed about trying to rebrand it as "Enterprise" by people who had very little experience of writing database apps.