Re: What's does oracle have that others don't?
From: EndUser <enduser_at_enduser.com>
Date: 1996/01/04
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Date: 1996/01/04
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-- In article <odysscci.518.00156902_at_teleport.com>, odysscci_at_teleport.com (Jim Kennedy) wrote:Received on Thu Jan 04 1996 - 00:00:00 CET
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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?
> >Date: 3 Jan 1996 03:11:21 GMT
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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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >Craig D. Lansing | Much has been learned through bats
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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