RE: Anyone with experience with MMOG and databases?

oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org gravou em 2005-08-12 15:22:02:

> You said: The Oracle non-compliance list is huge.

> First of all, I say so what! Every software manufacturer is always
> lagging behind the governing bodies.

        Oracle in particular, and SQL in general, is different. Oracle ain't fixing anytime soon some pretty fundamental non-compliant items, like '' IS NULL or DATE. And this makes a huge difference in portability.

> You mention other database products (MySQL and Prevayler and Cache
> and PostgreSQL at the low end or DB2 at the higher).

        Not in the same breath. The first three were given as bad examples. Sorry for not making it clear.

> There are many other people on this list who are proponents of
> MySql, PostgreSQL. But many of these folks also talk about what
> these products are lacking in comparison to Oracle. You say they
> are more ISO compliant.

        No, only DB2 (specially) and PostgreSQL.

        I have my gripes against them also. Copy control in DB2, bad defaults in PostgreSQL. But there is a lot to like also.

> I say that being ISO compliant is not a big
> deal. I would rather have a db product that is more feature rich
> and maybe 95% ISO compliant than one that is 100% ISO compliant but
> cannot stand up to a high transaction load.

        Both DB2 and PostgreSQL can stand up.

> All of these products
> have plus and minuses. And right now, Oracle has a lot more pluses
> than the other products available on the market.

        I think that paints too broad a picture.

        Right now I think DB2 has as much pluses as Oracle, and PostgreSQL is a lot leaner, more elegant. Watch out, Ellison, and comply...

> ISO compliance is a non-issue for me.

        Good for you, bad for the market.

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