Re: ORACLE or SQL SERVER (MS) ?

By "useful" I take it you mean which has the best career prospects.

Both are leading, industry standard RDBMSs with good career opportunities. Oracle is the acknowledged market leader. SQLServer is sometimes claimed to have the fastest growing market share.

It's often said that Oracle database professionals earn more than their SQLServer counterparts. Salary surveys and advertised opportunities (at least the ones I see in the UK) tend to back this up, although obviously salary levels are subject to many other factors as well.

The decision on which is most useful to you will depend on your qualifications, experience, intended career and the opportunities available in the area and industry in which you would like to work. Research job opportunities in your areas of interest to help you decide. Unfortunately in the IT industry the only constant is change - the market could look very different in 2 years time and nobody can predict it with any degree of certainty.

(off-topic cross-postings ignored)

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> Which would be a more useful relational database server to learn

> nowadays: MS SQL SERVER or ORACLE?

>

> Thanks!