Re: World's No.1 SQL server!! PostgreSQL defeated Oracle, MS SQLserver, DB2, Sybase, Interbase....!!!!

Apart from what BertJan replied - sequezen (tzeekwentzen) in German.

Jonathan Willcock wrote:

> I think you should be fair here. The pages quoted specifically say that
> they are not allowed to reveal the names of Proprietary 1 and 2 due
> to vendor restrictions, not because they don't want to. They do however
> say Prop 1 version no was 8.1.5 and Prop 2 Version 7.0. Moreover
> Prop 2 only runs on NT.
>
> No prizes for spotting that Prop 2 is MS SQL Server, and 8.1.5 sounds
> very like Oracle.
>
> Of course they could be being "economical with the truth" and I have yet to
> see any database vendor unable to come up with a benchmark that shows
> it top! I always advise people to devise their own tests simulating as near
> as possible their own needs. I for one was recently very impressed with
> MySQL - if you don't need transactions etc. and aren't too concerned with
> safety, it's certainly quick! But how many customers are not worried about
> data integrity and uptimes?
>
> In fact I'm currently trying to test Oracle myself for a German client, and
> have
> hit a brick wall. Does Oracle have an AutoIncrement field (i.e an
> automatically increasing counter)? My German is normally OK but all my docs
> are in German and I can't guess what the German should be for this! Can
> anyone help please???
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan
>
> "David Fitzjarrell" <oratune_at_aol.com> wrote in message
> news:8uh7ds$5r1$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> >
> >
> > Funny, the 'benchmarks' don't mention Oracle at all, just 'Proprietary
> > 1' and 'Proprietary 2'; apparently they didn't run tests against Oracle
> > but they're trying to extrapolate the results to include all major
> > RDBMS vendors. I'll bet this same crap is in the Sybase and Informix
> > newsgroups as well.
> >
> > Generate some results that prove PostgreSQL is better than Oracle.
> > Then come back and blow your horn, if you can.
> >
> > --
> > David Fitzjarrell
> > Oracle Certified DBA
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.

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Frank van Bortel