Re: Oracle vs SQl Server

In article <t494l2nsrgp32c_at_corp.supernews.com>,   "Michael A." <banana_boat_x_at_x_1stconnect.com> wrote:
> > Can anyone provide me some insight into the relative merits of
 Oracle
> > vs SQL 2000?
>
> I haven't used SQLServer all that much myself, but I know it's
 usually not
> mentioned in polite company in the firms for which I've done work in
 recent
> years. Mostly things having to do with table corruption and
 scalability.
>
> Personally, it's a Big Red Flag when I see a so-called enterprise-
 level DBMS
> including, and even relying upon, a utility for recovering corrupted
> database tables. Why is it even needed?
>
> Mike
>
>

If you mean Oracle by a 'so-called enterprise level DBMS' and you would know anything about the transaction concept in relational databases, you could have answered this question yourself. How do you expect to recover from failure in Sqlserver if your last backup was several days or more ago? You probably know the answer: you can't! If that's ok with you stick to sqlserver or other Microsoft provided toys like Access which should never been used for enterprise level information systems.

Regards,

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Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

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