Re: Comparison of DB2 and Oracle?
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:08:37 -0700
Message-ID: <1098158866.213704_at_yasure>
Rhino wrote:
> "DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
> news:417323F9.5040605_at_x.washington.edu...
>
>>Rhino wrote:
>>
>>>One of my friends, Scott, is a consultant who doesn't currently have
>>>newsgroup access so I am asking these questions for him. I'll be telling
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> him
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>>>how to monitor the answers via Google Newsgroup searches.
>>>
>>>Scott has heard a lot of hype about DB2 and Oracle and is trying to
>>>understand the pros and cons of each product. I'm quite familiar with
>
> DB2
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>>>but have never used Oracle so I can't make any meaningful comparisons
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> for
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>>>him. He does not have a lot of database background but sometimes has to
>>>choose or recommend a database to his clients.
>>>
>>>Scott has enough life-experience to take the marketing information
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> produced
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>>>by IBM and Oracle with a grain of salt and would like to hear from real >>>DBAs, especially ones who are fluent with both products, for their views
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> on
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>>>two questions: >>> >>>1. What are the pros and cons of the current releases of DB2 and Oracle? >>> >>>2. What other sources of *independent* information are available to help >>>someone new to databases choose between DB2 and Oracle? >>> >>>This is *not* a troll and we don't want to start a flame war! Scott just >>>want some honest facts to help him decide which product is best at which >>>jobs. >> >>DB2 consists of two letters and one integer and Oracle consists of 6 >>letters and no integers. >> >>This is not the first time you have tried to start a flame war and your >>previous attempt is logged in my database. >>
>
> Please name another time I've tried to start a flame war. If you look in
> comp.databases.ibm-db2 you'll find that I am usually a responder to people's
> questions and usually only start my own posts when I have a technical of my
> own. If you look in comp.databases.oracle you'll find that I've never posted
> there before because, as I said, I am not familiar with Oracle.
>
> Can you suggest a better way to ask my question? I am trying to figure out
> how someone having to choose between Oracle and DB2 would choose one over
> the other. Surely that is a legitimate question that many people have had to
> answer.
>
> Rhino
I am still far from convinced your question is sincere.
So if you are serious ... ask serious questions. Do you think a hammer
is the best tool for assembling a precision watch? Do you think a
microscope appropriate for putting the propeller on an aircraft carrier?
You give an exact description of the need and someone might think you
seriously trying for something other than a flame war.
-- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)Received on Tue Oct 19 2004 - 06:08:37 CEST