Re: Oracle Right or Wrong

Psst! Keep this to yourself, Mike... but I use SQL Server at home for several small databases I have, and I rather like it as a DBMS. Dead easy to set up and get going. I like not having to code triggers to get simple incrementing sequence numbers for tables.

But federated databases? Accessed by a bunch of UNION queries?! Pah!! RAC knocks that idea into a cocked hat.

So, yeah: horses for courses, and you'd have to be a bit of a looney to claim that there's only one decent product out there. OTOH, I'm not entirely certain that we get a lot of that round here. Partisan support for the product this newsgroup is all about, sure. But blinkered belief in 'Oracle right or wrong'.... don't think so. But I could be wrong....

Regards
HJR "Mike Dwyer" <bdtmike_at_sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:3da33803.172663517_at_news.sf.sbcglobal.net...
> Over the past several months, I've been learning the in's and out's of
> Oracle programming so that I could port my application over from SQL
> Server. I have received a great deal of help from people in the know,
> and in large part, from these Oracle forums. I find the UseNet to be
> invaluable for getting near-instantaneous feedback from people who are
> out in the real world experiencing the same things that I am.
> Although I've been developing in many languages over the past 20
> years, I'm a newbie to Oracle. As such, I appreciate the constructive
> advice that many of you have given me even though my basic questions
> may have been answered many times over. So, I thank you for all the
> free advice I've been "taking" from this forum.
>
> That said, I've been active in a number of forums in my years but I've
> never seen the level of arrogance and closed mindedness that I see
> from some members of this forum. This posting isn't directed towards
> the people who put forward constructive advice and criticism. This is
> directed towards the people who seem to worship the Oracle God and
> spend as much time pontificating as they do giving advice (if any).
>
> Is it just me? I can't believe that I'm alone in this observation.
> If any of you share my opinion, by all means, chime in here. Some of
> you guys sound like stiff college professors, scolding me for not
> bringing my "books" to class or disagreeing that Oracle is not the
> end-all of DBMS's. I read the postings. When people ask questions,
> they don't always get answers, they get lectures-- and condescending
> critiques, at that. I run a business, I have questions, I need
> answers. Those of you are nice enough to take the time out to help
> me, I thank you. But those who want to lecture and pontificate should
> save it. Hey, if I wanted a lecture, I'd go back to college! Some of
> you guys really need to lighten up.
>
> As a user trying to understand a new product, I like to read the
> members' opinions to find out what the strengths and weaknesses of
> the product are in relation to others in its class. Unfortunately,
> the discussions are rather one-sided in this forum. And from what
> I've seen, people are probably afraid to use the "M" word in here for
> fear they will be flamed and moofed to death (as I will certainly be).
> Some of you guys sound like "Little Larry Ellisons" running around
> with noses in the air phrasing every answer to every question with
> "And that's another reason why Oracle is great and Microsoft sucks.".
> A little objectivity please...
>
> In the interest of debate, can you honestly say that NOTHING that SQL
> server has to offer is better than what Oracle puts out? Or that
> there is NO feature that some other DBMS may have that is superior to
> Oracle? Or that Oracle may have limitations that other products do
> not? If your answer is a resounding "NO" then I think that some of
> you need to open your minds a bit.
>
> To some of you I'm sure I'm sounding like a jerk here. But to others
> in the group, I believe that you know what I'm talking about when it
> comes to the "attitude" in here. In my 3 month long "Trial By Fire",
> I've come to the conclusion that Oracle is, overall, the most powerful
> DBMS out there. But there are areas where Oracle lags behind
> Microsoft and there is room for improvement. I feel like a PC user in
> a Mac group for saying this, but I'd like to see a little more
> objectivity and discussion about the pros and cons in here, that's
> all. God forbid, someone like me admits that in here, but hey, what
> do I know, I'm just a newbie, right <g>?
>
>
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Received on Tue Oct 08 2002 - 15:25:03 CDT