Re: ORACLE vs Sybase

Hi Darren,

    Since I just installed Oracle 8.0.4 last week and applied two sets of patches to bring it up to 8.0.4.2 let me have a shot at your question.

    First, I have no idea how simple or complex Sybase patches are to apply so I don't have a good standard of comparison.

    The instructions for applying a patch are about two paragraphs long and go something like:

    Copy patch files from CD-ROM to a directory on your system.

    Do a tar -xvf <file_name>

    Fire up the Oracle installer

    Tab and arrow down to the appropriate directory and press the space bar

    Tab over to the install button and press return

It really is that simple and it took less than 15 minutes to apply both sets of patches.

regards

Jerry

Darren Tan B K wrote in message <3608C87B.2D360396_at_pacific.net.sg>...
>Thank you guys for the info and the tips on choosing a database. They are
>certainly useful. The comparison question was posted on the behalf of my
>colleague.
>
>I am a Sybase user. One thing about Sybase is that software patches was not
>that straight forward. I have done upgrade from Sybase 10 to 11.0.2 to
>11.0.3.1. I wonder if Oracle was similar to Sybase in the way the
 software
>EBF patches are made.
>
>I was also curious how data from Mainframe (Extended Characters) can be
>imported to a Sybase table. Is it through 1) Middleware 2) Data conversion
>through a program to an Ascii 3) through bcp?
>
>
>Best Regards
>Darren
>tanboonk_at_pacific.net.sg
>
>
Received on Mon Sep 28 1998 - 00:00:00 CDT