Talk:Oracle Large Object

Oracle Large Object
Under what kind of criteria is that entry justifiable? -- Liliana • 03:20, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The definition is "Data structure for very large objects in ORACLE databases." I'm not sure what this means; that is to say it's too vague, is a a data structure or data structure used as a mass noun? Mglovesfun (talk) 10:42, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * "data structure" is meant as "a data structure". "Large Object" describes the type of data that is held in a database field. It means that the field will hold a big chunk of data such as a whole document or photograph, rather than a small discrete piece of data like a number, date or text string.
 * How is this different from, say, "GM dealership" or "GM look"? DCDuring TALK 18:05, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't understand why it was Oracle Large Object. There's a case for "large object" in a database sense; see and  which starts "Large Objects (LOBs) are a set of datatypes that are designed to hold large amounts of data." but the Oracle part is just irrelevant.--Prosfilaes 18:52, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's a very specific term for a very specific thing in one particular software system. Like having SQL Server 2000 nvarchar. Equinox ◑ 23:05, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
 * What's ORACLE/Oracle, we have no entry for it. Mglovesfun (talk) 08:06, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
 * It's the name of a company. Oracle Corporation —CodeCat 16:21, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh definitely delete in that case, it would be like Yahoo! server where simply server would suffice. Mglovesfun (talk) 07:19, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm all for including technical jargon, even when it's vendor-specific if used outside of the company. This one is odd because it has the vendor's name, so there is no chance for it to be adopted by other companies. I'd almost want to apply the brand names criteria. DAVilla 05:37, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Deleted. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 22:04, 29 January 2012 (UTC)