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

From: Blair Kenneth Adamache <adamache_at_ca.ibm.com>
Date: 2000/06/07
Message-ID: <393E5316.A17EA212@ca.ibm.com>#1/1

Here are some thoughts on mysql:

innovator7_at_my-deja.com wrote:

> In article <39362304.4F6C981A_at_mindspring.com>,
> *GNOSPAM*leebert_at_mindspring.com wrote:
> > Neil Pike wrote:
> > >
> > > I don't know anything about Sybase, but I
would expect it to use SMTP rather
> > > than MAPI. My comments are all on MS SQL
Server
> >
> > Now you know how my head spins as I bounce from
Sybase to MS SQL to DB2. God
> > help us if we get Oracle in the shop. After
that comes Informix, Postgres SQL
> > & MySQL. I'll be so eclectic my brains will
fall out, then I'll start writing
> > magazine articles.
> >
> > /l
> >

> This post brings up some open source or shareware
> titles. . . . .How do they compare with Oracle
> 8i, DB2 and MS SQL Server? I am searching for a
> database that can handle and search multi-
> gigabyte video and audio files. From the posts
> in this forum I've gathered that I should only
> consider DB2 and Oracle. Anyone have some
> guidance for a non-DBA?

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Received on Wed Jun 07 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT