Re: Oracle 8i or 9i vs SQL Server

TX-DBA wrote:

> My (cliff notes)3 bullets of info. Hope it helps
>
> Oracle database/Instance = SQL Server installation
> Oracle Schema/Users = SQL Server databases
> Oracle Tablespaces = SQL Segments
>
> nsouto_at_optushome.com.au (Nuno Souto) wrote in message news:<dd5cc559.0207171859.7ddb55f9_at_posting.google.com>...
> > "Richard Foote" <richard.foote_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message news:<9heZ8.37175$Hj3.109754_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com>...
> > >
> > > Any help would be muchly appreciated.
> >
> > Here is something I suggest you try:
> >
> > M$ currently has a campaign to woo people away from Oracle.
> > They distribute free a CD pack with two CDs.
> >
> > The first one has some marketing drivel on how much better SS2K
> > is compared to Oracle V7. (!)
> > Or at least that's the featureset they claim as Oracle's...
> >
> > The other CD has an evaluation copy (120 days) of SS2K.
> > I loaded that in my PC at work. Contains a full set of doco
> > where you can find all sorts of precious snippets of exactly how
> > does SS2K "work".
> >
> > I found it invaluable in trying to understand how can M$ claim it is
> > ready for "enterprise wide" databases with a product that has the same
> > recovery capabilities of Oracle Version 4.
> >
> > Overall, it's a great educational tool. Call M$ and ask for
> > one of those things. Great stuff. It helps if you tell them you're
> > working for "so and so who wants to move away from Oracle". Immediate
> > co-operation!
> >
> > :-D
> >
> > Cheers
> > Nuno Souto
> > nsouto_at_optushome.com.au

Maybe someone needs to publish an RDBMS-to-RDBMS dictionary.

Daniel Morgan Received on Thu Jul 18 2002 - 13:05:51 CDT