Re: Databases and Instances

From: Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam>
Date: 2000/03/31
Message-ID: <38e484b3.2785938@news-server>#1/1

On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 23:27:55 GMT,
granta_at_nospam.student.canberra.edu.au (Fuzzy) wrote:

>
>No, Oracle is way behind the times on this. Informix and DB2 give you
>multiple databases (with multiple schemas therein) per instance, and
>Sybase and SQL Server give multiple databases per instance. Only
>Oracle is still stuck in the mud on this one ... and their
>architecture won't be easily changed to keep up with the others.
>

Are you on fumes or what? First of all, what do you call a "database" in Informix and DB2? EXACTLY what, not some nebulous concept.

I think if you sit back a bit and breath deep, you'll find that it's PRECISELY Sybase et all and Informix who were behind the times on this and only recently caught up.

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den/index.html Received on Fri Mar 31 2000 - 00:00:00 CST