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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.server -> Re: Oracle vs. MS SQL??????
On Fri, 29 Oct 1999 15:38:20 -0400, Jayeson Brewster
<jcbrew_at_pixelperfection.com> wrote:
>I am in the middle of taking a couple of classes in Oracle8. I would
>like to create ASP pages using databases created in Oracle. I see alot
>of hosting companies offering NT servers for ASP pages, but they don't
>offer oracle capabilities using oracle they only offer MS SQL, Access,
>FoxPro, ODBC. They tell me I need to use a UNIX server for Oracle, and
>then would have no support for ASP.
Maybe they mean the only service *they* offer for Oracle is on Unix. But I work with several customers who 1) run MS IIS and Oracle all on Windows NT, and 2) run MS IIS on NT and Oracle databases on Unix.
>
>I quess my question is can I learn oracle and then create
>database/scripts using MS SQL. Are the languages similar enough that a
>novice like myself won't have too much trouble?
>
>Thank You
>
>
Thanks!
Joel
Joel R. Kallman Oracle Service Industries
Columbus, OH http://govt.us.oracle.com jkallman@us.oracle.com http://www.oracle.com
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