Re: What's does oracle have that others don't?

From: Jim Kennedy <odysscci_at_teleport.com>
Date: 1996/01/03
Message-ID: <odysscci.518.00156902_at_teleport.com>#1/1


In article <4ccs4p$128_at_global.gc.net> lansing_at_global.gc.net (Craig D. Lansing) writes:
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>From: lansing_at_global.gc.net (Craig D. Lansing)
>Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle
>Subject: Re: What's does oracle have that others don't?
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>In article <4cbdpd$3p1_at_ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>,
> btt_at_ix.netcom.com(Jennifer Blair ) wrote:
>>[snip]
>>Users new to Oracle who are coming from a PC-based database background,
>>often do not see the advantages. For instance, they're used to a total
>>self-contained package, with lots of user-friendly features, like
>>menus.
>>
>>I recently taught a class in New York city where two students who were
>>dBASE
>>users went nuts trying to compare Oracle to dBASE. They kept asking
>>where
>>this feature was and that feature was. Unfortunately, we were only
>>covering
>>SQL and PL/SQL, so they didn't get to see Forms or Reports, which would
>>have
>>helped. But the biggest difference was the lack of a total package.
>>
>>Programmers in the class tried to explain the difference in how Oracle
>>handled data, and we all tried to explain the size and power of the
>>databases it could handle, but they were stuck on what they knew.
>>
>>This is a difficult transition, guys. The confusion is real.
 

>Absolutely! This is not only a source of confusion for developers (I
>assume that was your SQL and PL/SQL audience), but also for corporate
>management who doesn't understand why the whole company can't be run on
>a "free" database, like MS-Access, w/out user licenses. We have tried
>to explain it as the difference between a strategic and tactical plan.
>Different tools are useful depending on the size of the job to be done.
>While I wouldn't want to run a multi-billion dollar corporation on .MDB
>files, Oracle (even the Personal variety) is overkill for me to keep
>track of my CD collection (unless it grows significantly).
 

>>
>>Sincerely,
>>Jennifer Blair
>>Blair Technical Training
>>Alexandria, VA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
 

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One thing Oracle has over Xbase and Access (as a db) is the indexes don't get corrupted when a client pc reboots! One problem is that people confuse the database with the things that one sees(the front end). Certainly, I can use Oracle as a database and build the pretty screens in a multitude of tools. These tools "talk" to the backend (Oracle) in a couple of ways, but the nice thing is is that I can pick my favorite screen painter pretty much. But yes the db should be chosen for whatever purpose you need it to furfill.

Jim Kennedy Received on Wed Jan 03 1996 - 00:00:00 CET

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