Oracle Designer vs VB?

Hi there,

I would like to hear the opinions of developers that have been exposed to both Oracle and Visual Basic/SqlServer. About a year ago I took a job at a local Insurance Company as a MS Access/VB programmer. This place is a COBOL shop for now. In the time I have been there I have developed a number of small desktop Apps in Access and a few company wide Apps in VB. When I took the job I was under the impression that VB/SqlServer was the future of the company. They plan to migrate theor COBOL programs to a new language/database. Now it looks like the company will go with Oracle Designer/Developer and Oracle database instead.

My question basically is which is better. I am a junior grade programmer and am not sure I want to switch languages. On one hand it could be very good for me. My main concern is will i limit myself in the future in the type of jobs i can find. I feel that Oracle will be at large corps only and VB could be used at large and small companies alike. Are Oracle tools as common as VB. What is the ease of use factor like. We had a designer demo from Oracle. It looks real good but what is the reality of the situation.Any opinions are welcome. Please e-mail your response as well as posting it if you can. This is my home account so don't worry about any prying eyes.

Thanks in advance,
V
vince_mounts_at_usa.net Received on Fri May 23 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT