Re: Oracle Vs. Dbase

If you are dealing with a single user/single computer(pc) application, IMHO dBase or Access is better than Oracle. It is also an order of magnitude cheaper. Second factor, size of database. If a small single user, such as under 500M of data,depending on application. At 500mb I would need to know more about the application.

For multiple simultaneious users or large amounts of data, ORACLE. I used to say for over 4 users, but in recent years my experience is if there are more than 1 there are 5 or more.

As for getting data into the database, Oracle is somewhat easier in that its SQL*Loader utility can handle lots of formats. I have yet to see a load utility for dBase as flexible (except for the one's I wrote). That is not to say it is hard to get data into dBase, but it is less flexible with its SDF, etc.

In article <352D8C5B.7FC6_at_p3.net>,
  jgitomer_at_p3.net wrote:
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> Hi Howard,
>
> Data Integrity, Reliability, Scalibility
>
> Regards
>
> Jerry
>
> Howard Joffe wrote:
> >
> > Besides the size of the database that can be handled by Oracle, can anyone
> > tell me what the advantages are of Oracle over a product such as Dbase? What
> > kind of tools does Oracle have to get raw data(such as flight data) into an
> > Oracle format?
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Howard Joffe
>
> --
> Jerry Gitomer Since I know how to spell DBA I became one.
> jgitomer_at_p3.net
>

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