Re: Info Please !!!

From: Uwe Schneider <pi_at_nospam.richard-schneider.de>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 22:15:24 +0100
Message-ID: <36E8326C.C849AB48@nospam.richard-schneider.de>

Hello,

> Hi all u programmers , i need some info about what Oracle is ....

Oracle is a company selling relational database management systems and related tools plus applications. Typically you mean Oracle server when you speak about Oracle. Usually RDBMS's are queried/programmed via SQL (Structured Query Language). Oracle can be considered to be the market leader in this area, but it is certainly not providing the best technology for your money on all areas. Competitors are Informix, Sybase, IBM and SAG.

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> how it's used and why ....

Databases store huge amounts of information in a way which allows for rapid retrival and combination.

> what versions are there - what's the differences between them ...
Important issues for comparing them are:

- Reliability and stability
- Speed and scalability
- Multi-User-Fitness
- Price
- Innovations
- Ease of administration, programming and tuning

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> what is comparable to oracle ?

See first answer.

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> what is oracle financials ? are there other sub- division(s)
Oracle provides for a complete set of enterprise standard applications (comparable to SAP R/3, Baan, or PeopleSoft) called Oracle Applications. Oracle Financials is the financial accounting part of it.

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> what's watcom sql ?

Don't know, probably another RDBMS produced by Watcom.

Uwe

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