Re: Oracle vs. SQLServer

Hi,

    I really understand your concerns and feeling after working in Oracle environment for so long. I don't have the features comparison between SQLServer and Oracle, but I read a whitepaper from Interbase comparing their database product with SQLServer from Microsoft and Sybase (as you know MS SQLServer's root is from Sybase). You can identify those short-comings and limitations (such as page level locking, non-transparent 2-phase commit implementation, size limitation etc) from the whitepaper. As you are familiar with Oracle, you can easily figure out the differences between these 2 products. Hope that help for you.

The web page is at
http://www.interbase.com/products/sybasewp/index.html

Regards,

Kimmy.

Harry Boswell wrote:

> I have worked with Oracle since 1985, except for the past 2 years.
> Now, I've got to set up a SQLServer database. There's no choice in
> the matter, the application we have committed to is based on
> SQLServer, and the vendor won't support an Oracle port. So -
> what are the major differences, especially between Oracle 7
> and SQLServer? From a DBA standpoint, what do I most
> need to be aware of?
>
> Thanks,
> Harry
Received on Mon May 25 1998 - 20:44:16 CDT