Re: What's behind the scene in a database

From: Pablo Sanchez <pablo_at_dev.null>
Date: 16 Sep 2002 15:48:18 -0500
Message-ID: <Xns928B96AEBB7B4pingottpingottbah@192.168.1.1>

"Mikael Osterhed" <moster_no_spam_67_at_hotmail.com> wrote in news:tZqh9.1857$Av4.37051_at_twister2.libero.it:

>
> "What's behind the scene in a database ?" and what makes Oracle
> the prime-choice..
>

At this point, market share.

> Anyone who can "educate" me in regard to my above mentioned
> enquires or share a link where I can read about it ?

I look at an RDBMS as a 'paranoid operating system' It does everything an O/S can do and it has to ensure that your data isn't loss.

> And what about XML ? Will XML change the way are using a database
> today ?

I think the same question can be asked about 'grid computing' -- useful but not paramount to the existence of our lives. :)

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Pablo Sanchez, High-Performance Database Engineering
http://www.hpdbe.com

Received on Mon Sep 16 2002 - 15:48:18 CDT