Re: OracleXE is garbage

reqfoo wrote:
> 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?

Evidently it must be you. You are the first to voice such complaints, and evidently you are already so prejudiced against Oracle you start whining the first moment something doesn't work as expected. Many of your complaints are fully unjustified. First of all the install of Oracle XE is much smaller than the install of Oracle SE or Oracle EE. Apparently you are used to install toy products only. Also it very much looks like either your PC is cramped with freeware and/or hacked games, so you simply don't have sufficient memory to run Oracle.
But most likely of all, you didn't read any installation documentation, and you are just hitting buttons.
In that case: Please stick to your toy databases, and don't whine because you can't work with Oracle. It is your fault and apparently is not for you.

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA