Re: SQL Server vs.Oracle

In the cause of harmony, I usually take a concilliatory tone with SQL Server - but I tend to agree. I copied a 600 Mb database using DTS. It took 5 hours before failing over a foreign key constraint. "Restoring" from a dump is quicker - but it resets most database properties to the source database. Very limited management capabilities.

Easy for VB programmers, though.

Len

>Try telling that to my Microsoft sales weenie!! As long as we're in
>an Oracle Newsgroup, I'm allowed to take some liberty and suggest that
>SQL Server is still a toy compared to Oracle...Also, it's only
>recently that Oracle 'got real' about their licensing structure and
>made their product much more affordable. That's about the only thing
>we can thank MicroShaft for!
>
>On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 18:12:06 -0500, "Dmitry Mitrofanov"
><(remove_brackets_and_everything_in_brackets_and_add_d_infront_of_email)mitry76_at_mail.ru>
>wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>Why SQL server is so much more expensive compared to Oracle database?
>>they do almost the same but the price is so different?
>>700-900 for Oracle vs. 3000-5000 SQL Server
>>Thanks
>>Dmitry
>>
>
Received on Tue Oct 31 2000 - 15:55:18 CST