Re: Oracle 8i or 9i vs SQL Server

In article <ah5ck5$3ej$1_at_lust.ihug.co.nz>, you said (and I quote):

> Nuno, you're such a cynic!!

really? :-D

>
> I have a similar CD, called 'SQL Server for Oracle Users' that (if memory
> serves) compares SS2K with Oracle 8i.

Yup, 's the one. I was being very sarcastic about the comparisons. The idiots didn't even bother to learn a bit about 8iR3! Most of the stuff could be replaced by V7 easily...

> equivalent of an Oracle schema or a tablespace, not a database. The man had
> a bushy beard, too, which is always worrying. And glasses. (Have I offended
> enough people yet? Sorry Jonathan!!).

hehehe! Now that you mention it... ;-)

> (ie, crap) thrown in to confuse the issue. I see someone's recommended Tom
> Kytes first three chapters, and that's about a good as recommendation as I
> could've come up with, though it only addresses one narrow -though vital-
> issue (namely, data concurrency and multi-versioning).

Actually, the SS2K help files in those CDs are just about as accurate as you can get. It's only after I started digging into them that it hit me: I was looking at very much the same recovery capabilities as Oracle V4!

> you've got a choice, I can't think why anyone would want to go the SQL
> Server route. Money might have something to do with, I suppose.

That, for sure...

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Cheers
Nuno Souto
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