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Ford Fairlane SSCertifiable Points: 7664 More actions · Answer 1

GSquared (2/17/2009)
Max (2/17/2009)
Man, you guys are so lucky, we were so poor I had to push the horse up the hill. 😉
Sisyphus move over! New guy with version 2.0 is here! 🙂

You had a hill to push up, we couldnt even afford the hill....

Hope this helps...

Ford Fairlane
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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736140 More actions · Answer 2

You had a hill to push up, we couldnt even afford the hill....

Excellent, ROFL.

Max-146500 SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4691 More actions · Answer 3

Ford Fairlane (2/17/2009)
GSquared (2/17/2009)
Max (2/17/2009)
Man, you guys are so lucky, we were so poor I had to push the horse up the hill. 😉
Sisyphus move over! New guy with version 2.0 is here! 🙂
You had a hill to push up, we couldnt even afford the hill....

Only after we built the hill, with our bare hands, after feeding the chickens and milking the cows and ploughing the fields.

Max

GSquared SSC Guru Points: 260824 More actions · Answer 4

Max (2/18/2009)
Ford Fairlane (2/17/2009)
GSquared (2/17/2009)
Max (2/17/2009)
Man, you guys are so lucky, we were so poor I had to push the horse up the hill. 😉
Sisyphus move over! New guy with version 2.0 is here! 🙂
You had a hill to push up, we couldnt even afford the hill....
Only after we built the hill, with our bare hands, after feeding the chickens and milking the cows and ploughing the fields.

Oracle sure does seem to inspire some odd metaphores...

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Gift Peddie SSC Guru Points: 73570 More actions · Answer 5

IBM to buy SUN if MySQL is killed in the deal there will be a fight because many web developers like MySQL because it is simple and ISP gives them unlimited space with MySQL. These people thinks even SQL Server is too complicated to understand. So IBM will own three full RDBMS that was what the original ANSI people did not want. I think uncle sam should force IBM to sell both Informix and MySQL.

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/03/18/sun-micro-could-there-be-multiple-bidders/?mod=yahoobarrons

:Whistling:

Kind regards,
Gift Peddie

Tguru Valued Member Points: 52 More actions · Answer 6

I have read the first few pages, not the entire thread. A little long 🙂

Compared to Oracle, SQL seems to be a better option for those that do not want to pay too much for their database. I have dealt mainly with SQL, not much with Oracle. So what I can say is that SQL is an interesting product, that really gives you a good tool to work your data.

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hb21l6 SSCommitted Points: 1647 More actions · Answer 7

Well - I officially don't like Oracle, not to be lazy in my work but why is it so bloody long winded to add an incrementing ID to a field.

step1 Create a table, place a number field,

step2 Create a sequence to generate your IDs,

Step3 Create a trigger get the next value from your sequence and do a "before insert do."

Geeze! how long! in SQL server its just create table, add Integer field, double click on Indentity in properties window.. Done.

yup. SQL server for me.. easy life...

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 8

hb21l6 (5/14/2009)
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Well - I officially don't like Oracle, not to be lazy in my work but why is it so bloody long winded to add an incrementing ID to a field.
step1 Create a table, place a number field,
step2 Create a sequence to generate your IDs,
Step3 Create a trigger get the next value from your sequence and do a "before insert do."
Geeze! how long! in SQL server its just create table, add Integer field, double click on Indentity in properties window.. Done.
yup. SQL server for me.. easy life...

Doesn't have to be an integer column to use identity. I've made a column defined DECIMAL(18,0) an identity column.

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736140 More actions · Answer 9

Or you can use a GUID in SQL Server with a default of NEWID()

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 10

Steve Jones - Editor (5/14/2009)
Or you can use a GUID in SQL Server with a default of NEWID()

And in SQL Server 2005 (and later) you can also use NEWSEQUENTIALID ( ) as a default.

shanemcarty Newbie Points: 1 More actions · Answer 11

Most of these people have no idea what they are talking about! I have used Oracle 11g and SQL 2005 and 2008 in consecutive jobs over the years and together in the same job. It is quite complex comparing all the different editions and features. I think for small databases SQL Server is probably a better option. However, comparing the enterprise editions of Oracle 11g on Linux and SQL 2008 R2, Oracle is my choice, in terms of DBA features, ease of use and tools (SQL Developer and OEM are better than SSMS). However, if you are going to use SSIS, SSAS or SSRS then you would need to factor in the cost of replacements. I managed a terabyte database on Oracle 11g, it would have been a lot more difficult doing this on SQL Server 2008. I need to spend more time with 2012 before I can comment on its features. In my opinion Windows is also an inferior OS for databases, Linux and Unix win hands down. I prefer Oracle's SQL implementation as well, even though I learnt on transact SQL, and additionally Oracle's documentation is vastly superior, though MS documentation is getting a lot better.