Re: Unix or Win/NT

Vanhelmont wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have two questions:
>
> 1) What's the reasons to prefer a UNIX machine rather than a Windows NT
> server or a Windows NT server rather than a UNIX machine to install an
> Oracle8 Database ?
>
> 2) Oracle8 is case sensitive!
>
> select ename from emp_table
> where upper(ename) like 'A%'; this make it unsensitive,
> is there an other option?
>
> Thank You!!
>
> Vanhelmont Eddy
> evanhelmont_at_yahoo.com
> Belgium.

1. Most people will say : Unix is more stable and robust, and I think in most cases this is true.
2. A string comparison is always case-sensitive, even when you use Oracle 7 ! case-sensitivity is an important feature in Oracle for most programmers !!

John Koo Received on Tue Jan 05 1999 - 05:43:02 CST