Re: is Oracle technically better than Ingres ?

From: Mark D Powell <Mark.Powell_at_eds.com>
Date: 28 Jul 2004 06:37:35 -0700
Message-ID: <2687bb95.0407280537.3b00e3e2_at_posting.google.com>


michaelnewport_at_yahoo.com (michael newport) wrote in message news:<63b202d.0407260216.34497df7_at_posting.google.com>...
> Dear friends of database(s),
>
> After 13 years of Ingres, I am now using Oracle.
>
> But is Oracle technically better than Ingres.
>
> I would be much obliged if anyone could shed some light on the above
> question.
>
> It would also be helpful if you could 'please' keep your comments on a
> technical level.
>
> Regards
> Michael Newport

Michael, I have never worked directly with Ingres, but we had the database here once and the two developers who worked with it liked Oracle much better. Running the same applications against Oracle provided more up time and required less database related maintenance.

Oracle has advanced greatly since then. There are two different independent consulting reports that state that Oracle 10g is easier to manage than SQL Server.

I have wroked with Oracle, SQL Server, DB2 UDB, and mySQL. I like Oracle better than the others. I second, Ed's suggestion to look or better yet read the Concepts manual. It is the place to start with Oracle.

HTH -- Mark D Powell -- Received on Wed Jul 28 2004 - 15:37:35 CEST

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