Re: Informix, Sybase, Oracle or MS SQL server

In <3177C4FA.671_at_tc.net> Michael Cowden <cowden_at_tc.net> writes:

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} Oracle:
} Seems to offer alot of what we need, but you must take a
} database of line to back it up--this is a problem.

This would be a problem if it were true. Oracle fully supports on-line ("hot") backups, and has since (at least) version 6.0

For more than you ever wanted to know about Oracle's backup and recovery capabilities, take a look at "Oracle Backup and Recovery Handbook", published by Osborne.

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