Re: Is Oracle deliberately difficult?

> For sofar I read comments of sqlserver people, it looks to me they are used
> to a point and shoot approach.
> That approach is not going to work in Oracle. It does work, but usually it
> results in several major disasters.
> You could start learning somewhere, but you really should try to get a
> conceptual overview, ie start reading the Oracle Concepts Manual. You should
> probably discover the whole idea behind it is rather consistent and
> consistently implemented.

I constantly hear (and see in these newsgroups) where individuals complain about how difficult Oracle is to use. And it never fails to hear an ex-SQL Server guy complain about how difficult Oracle is to administer. Every time I've heard of these complaints, it always boils down to the same thing...a lack of understanding or education on Oracle concepts. If these people take the time to learn Oracle concepts, then it wouldn't seem so difficult to them. Oracle is complex, but not that difficult. It's the complexity that gives Oracle its power.

Just my 3.14159265 cents worth,
Brian  

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