From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Galen Boyer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs for rapid prototyping of oracle sql scripts Date: 7 Jun 2003 15:28:22 -0500 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1055017759 6170 80.91.224.249 (7 Jun 2003 20:29:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 20:29:19 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 07 22:29:16 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19OkJQ-0001bK-00 for ; Sat, 07 Jun 2003 22:29:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19OkKv-0007EF-AX for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2003 16:30:49 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!yellow.newsread.com!netaxs.com!newsread.com!feed1.newsreader.com!newsreader.com!rip!c03.atl99!news.webusenet.com!newscene!novia!novia!sequencer.newscene.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 24 Original-Sender: galenboyer@hotpop.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:114275 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:10769 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:10769 On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, nirav.bhagat@capitalone.com wrote: > My question is if anyone has been in a similar situation as the one I > will describe below, and if emacs was a viable solution. I would > appreciate any responses be directed to myself, but I promise that I > will summarize my learnings to y'all in a later e-mail. > > * we keep/run our scripts on our unix servers we usually edit scripts > * on our windows desktops, ftp them over, then run them for good on > * the unix box (obviously) we usually test out snippets on a flunky > * windows-based oracle client (TOAD).. will have to jump through > * hoops to get emacs installed on unix, so will have to install on > * windows. want a flexible text editor (emacs obviously fits the > * bill), that can run snippets of my pl/sql code one at a time.. Why not install cygwin on your windows desktop and then write shell scripts that can run on either machine? Also, how come you can't access the Oracle instance from your windows XP client? -- Galen deForest Boyer Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.