Re: DBMS selection

From: Apache News <bern_at_thehub.com.au>
Date: 1996/09/29
Message-ID: <01bbadc2$72204a00$87a211cb_at_default>#1/1


> We are in the process of finalysing the DBMS to buy to store all
> our corporate data. We are considering Oracle Workgroup Server and MS
> SQL Server. Can anyone give me some info about the features provided by
> these two DBMS.

Hi ,

I only know Oracle products but here's my reply anyway

> The DBMS should support the following features
>
> - 1. Access using internet

Oracle 7.3 is their first DB to come Web enabled, and has a process called a Web listener, that listens for connection from HTML pages. This release also
has a demo application that uses this technology and for a first cut ist's not to bad.  

> - 2. Publishing the data on Web

I don't know of any current oracle products you can use to publish info on the web.
Although I'm sure they are actively breaching that gab, but for my money i'd go for
MS products on this one anytime

> - 3. Document Storage facility

Both products are relational db's, so inherently lack the capability of storing complex
objects, such as documents etc. Although Oracle have a product called office that in the
medium term should breach this. Long term Oracle 8 will be released soon (4Q 97) which is
an Object database. I'd go Oracle 7.3 with an update to 8 when released.  

As a summary, for the storage of your info you can't beat an Oracle RDBMS i've worked
with them for years, and 7.3 is a very good product. As for an development environment
oracle tools are pretty much so so, fFor instance Oracle browser is nothing compared to
Netscape or MS Internet Explorer.

For any Web enabled development look at MS, Sun and Netscape etc.

thks
Bernard
bern_at_thehub.com.au   Received on Sun Sep 29 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST

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