Re: OracleXE is garbage

From: Matthias Hoys <anti_at_spam.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:33:43 +0100
Message-ID: <456c8107$0$5532$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be>

"reqfoo" <reqfoo_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1164738502.873600.181260_at_80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com...
> Once upon a time I used PostgreSQL and was happy. Then one day my
> employer told me that we were all to use OracleXE while working on the
> big new project. Since then I've come to hate Oracle.
>
> Why is the installation so huge?
>
> Why does my computer crawl on startup if the DB is configured as a
> service that automatically starts up?
>
> Why does the web-based UI for the DB take a year to come up when I
> haven't accessed it in awhile?
>
> Why does the web-based UI give me an "invalid statement" error for its
> own dynamically generated query?
>
> I've also used several other Oracle products in the last couple years
> and every single experience has contributed to the same verdict:
>
> Oracle software might perform well in *very* specific situations, but
> in general it is bloated garbage.
>
> Thoughts?
>

Does your PC meet the minimum system requirements ? Sounds a lot like you're swapping and that is deadly for the performance of any application.

Matthias Received on Tue Nov 28 2006 - 12:33:43 CST