Re: Differences between Oracle RDBMS and MS SQL Server

> As an Oracle developer writing SQL Server, I have come across numerous
> points where SQL Server's SQL cannot perform the task...

Just the opposite for me...

• Oracle's handling of date/time strings is much less flexible than SQL server
• Oracle has too many stupid restrictions, like 30-character identifiers
• AFAIK, Oracle has no equivalent to SQL server's "top n" in select clause (rownum comparisons don't count)
• Oracle doesn't have bitwise operations like SQL server
• Oracle doesn't support "x=y" column aliasing ("y as x" is harder to read, IMO)

P.S. any corrections or suggestions about what I said above would

     be appreciated.

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Tim Kannel
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