Re: Oracle Closed World

From: Mladen Gogala <gogala.REMOVETHISmladen_at_google.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:41:09 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <js2e84$9t6$2_at_solani.org>

On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:30:18 -0700, Mark D Powell wrote:

> When it comes to Oracle vs SQL Server vs DB2 I have to admit that MS SQL
> Server 2008 is pretty good and 2012 is probably even better. MS is
> adding the internal views and tracing that Oracle provides and you can
> get some pretty decent Intel based hardware these days so the gap has
> definitely narrowed in what you can successfully accomplish with the
> databases.
>
> I like and understand Oracle better, but which database is better
> depends more on which database your developers know how to use
> intelligently rather than on the capabilities of the database itself.
> No matter how technically advanced the rdbms is, bad design can bring it
> to its knees and make it look bad.
>
> IMHO -- Mark D Powell --

My very brief encounter with SQL Server happened in the year 2002, so it might not reflect the current state of SQL Server technology. Do you have a book that you would recommend to an old oraclite to learn SQL Server? This seems to be a very sought after skill, even in the world of Oracle DBA people. I have worked with MySQL 5.1, 5.2 and 5.5, PostgreSQL 8.3, 8.4, 9.0 and 9.1 and Oracle, from the version 4.1 until the version 11.2.0.3. SQL Server probably shouldn't be that hard.

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