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Re: Oracle versus MS Sql Server

From: Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 14:22:10 +0100
Message-ID: <3bd41dc2$0$236$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net>


"Michael G. Schneider" <mgs_at_mgs-software.de> wrote in message news:9r13ia$qss$00$1_at_news.t-online.com...
> "Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> schrieb im
> Newsbeitrag news:3bd3e797$0$8512$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net...
>
> > IIRC Then this is perfectly possible just by choosing a typical install
in
> > the installer. You shouldn't even need to get involved with enterprise
> > mangler.
>
> I wasn't able to make import/export work without Enterprise Manager. If
you
> log on to DBAStudio directly, it complains about not having a connection
to
> Enterprise Manager.
>
> I do know that there are imp/exp command line utilities. But (in my
personal
> opinion) if I pay thousands of dollars for a product, I want it to have a
> GUI. I don't have the time to learn command line interfaces. The last time
I
> accepted a command line was in the DOS 6 timeframe. Nowadays an
application
> has to offer a graphical user interface. There may of course be a command
> line interface, and sometimes it is very usefull, but it should not be the
> one and only way for interacting with the application.

Thats fair enough. It is just a difference of opinion. Obviously as you have found there is a GUI for the Oracle tools, although it isn't a windows one and it is an interface into an entire administration structure, not the particular utility.

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
Received on Mon Oct 22 2001 - 08:22:10 CDT

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