Re: MS SQL Server vs Oracle vs DB2 (&Sybase too)

No offence but: one man's meat is another man's poison. In other words, all is relative.

Sergei

jijju_at_my-deja.com wrote:
>
> I am nt a critic and I don't review databases, It is my experiences
> with various database products.
>
> What is so good in Oracle, which can't be done in DB2 is my question.
> DB2 is less expensive compared to Oracle. It is truely scalable and
> supported on many platforms.
>
> Considering SQL Support, Sybase is much better compared to Oracle and
> DB2.Especially the SQL based stored procedure is good and comes handy.
> temp database is very handy to resolve many big quiries. Updates are
> powerful with joins. No other database is that powerful as sybase.
> Replication concept is much better in Sybase than other databases.
>
> However Db2 ver 7 come with much powerful SQL support and refined
> database concepts.
>
> If it is question of performance and demanded resources both suck
> equally. In scalability both are equally good. Reliablity, I have
> never had an instance of crash of database for past 3 years with DB2.
>
> When giving out the information, I mean documentation both are bad.
> Oracle pretends they are the self appointed guardian of the database
> technology. Often you find other methods are wrong and What Oracle does
> is the correct.
>
> DB2 tools and documentation sucks. Control center is a pain to work
> with, the gears will never stop. ambiguous error messages are common.
> There is a tool in DB2 called db2trc, try that is a joke. You get every
> info except what you need. Very prominent with IBM products is, words
> like "Not Supported in this platform". db2set is a command with which
> you set env variables. This can set 100+ parameters. No where in the
> manual it is consolidated and listed.
>
> You will end up shelling out more $ to get support than the product
> cost. This is just because the proper information is not contained in
> the manuals. I am not sure, whether is the modern business strategy. It
> is frustrating to waste time searching the information. This 100% true
> for Oracle as well.
>
> Atleast you have some thing to work and find some bugs in other
> databases. Oracle, That is not the case. If you are not able to some
> thing in Oracle, that means it is not database technique. it is always
> not oracles defect, It is only your poor understanding of database
> technique. You shouldn't be surprised If they ask to change either the
> machine or the DBA. Oracle is the real pain. Oracle survives, Just
> because people worked in Oracle never worked with other databases, and
> their good business policy to introduce it at college level as model
> for database. As a Student they get hands on and try, rather instigate
> their offices to go with Oracle insted of learning much better database.
>
> Nothing compares to Microsoft products for help information and tech
> support. Even before the product is released, 100 books and reviews are
> in market.
Received on Sat May 27 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT