Re: Foreign key in Oracle Sql
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:18:15 -0800
Message-ID: <41f1718b$1_2_at_127.0.0.1>
Hugo Kornelis wrote:
> However, I'm afraind you've left out an important detail. According to
> http://oraclestore.oracle.com/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpSctDspRte.jsp?section=11365&media=os_user_minimums,
> there is a minimum of 5 Named User Plus licenses for SE1, so the licensing
> cost for a small company is still USD 500, plus an additional USD 100 for
> every user above 5 that wants to connect to the database.
> MSDE is free. That's 100% cheaper.
Lets not forget support eh.
Lets not forget what one is actually getting.
If all you want is a basic black-hole into which you can dump data then
you realistically aren't an Oracle customer. But if you want what Oracle
is offering, which is not a relational database but rather a full
object-relational development environment ... you aren't getting that
from Microsoft at any price.
> The down side is that no front-end tools are included,
Whereas all of the Oracle tools developed anywhere work with SE1 from the free version of TOAD on up and everything developed is 100% compatible with the Enterprise Edition not a single code change required.
but those are not needed anyway for use with an ERP
> package. Database size is limited to 2GB (plenty for small to medium sized
> companies) and performance will be throttled when more than 5 user
> processes are simulteanously active.
Where did this come from? Can you point me to the source?
>>Now would you like to compare feature sets with MSDE? >>Any time you're ready have at it.
>
> Sorry, not interested. All my current code expects ANSI-standard behaviour
> of empty strings. As long as Oracle can't do that, there's no way in the
> world that I'm going to port my code to Oracle.
And there is no way you need what Oracle is selling. A better question to ask based on your requirements is why not just go to MySQL or PostgreSQL or Firebird? And why are you typing yourself to a single vendor's chipset and operating system?
>>You can disagree with me. That is your right. But what would be your >>point?
>
> None. I've just stated my opinions.
>
> Best, Hugo
That's all any of us do. Have a great day.
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