Re: MS SQL Server Evaluation

"Jim Kennedy" <kennedy-downwithspammersfamily_at_attbi.net> wrote in message news:gba4c.12680$YG.129517_at_attbi_s01...
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| "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
| news:1079051330.815235_at_yasure...
| > Mark wrote:
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| > > I'm pretty opened minded about database engines. I've worked on
| > > Sybase, SQL Server, Informix XPS, and Oracle implementations over the
| > > years.
| > >
| > > Recently, I attended the first day of a "SQL Server for Oracle DBA's"
| > > class at Microsoft Headquarters here in Dallas. I went to this class
| > > because I hadn't logged into a SQL Server since about 1994, and I was
| > > curious what had changed in all that time. I have to say that I was
| > > REALLY surprised how far behind SQL Server is in functionality when
| > > you compare it to Oracle.
| >
| > Oh please don't start a flame war. ;-)
| >
| > But take a look at triggers? Take a look at the security model? Take a
| > look at just about anything and everything.
| >
| > I'm still trying to figure out to use SQL Server to create a consistent
| > view of data during a long transaction: It can't be done.
| >
| > --
| > Daniel Morgan
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| > damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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| One of the SQL Server people at work touted how Yukon will handle xml.
| Three of us responded that's been in Oracle since 8.1 something like 5
years
| ago.
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| Jim
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just curious -- does SQL Server still disallow multiple nulls in a unique index?

;-{ mcs Received on Thu Mar 11 2004 - 21:40:46 CST