For one thing, the trigger model is entirely different between the two platforms.
The one advantage Oracle really has over MSSQL is its trigger model. There are 14 different types of triggers in Oracle, dealing with both row-level (which MSSQL doesn't have) and set-level operations, schema-level, and for each phase (before and after). Also, stored procedures and stored packages are more complicated and harder to work with in Oracle. To my knowledge, The ColdFusion MX Bible contains the only written example of using highly performant compile-time-bound cursors rather than the slower runtime-bound cursors that everybody and their cousin uses as examples of how to retrieve data using stored procedures. I discovered this technique was possible and decided to put it in the book, but few people know to use it. The only thing I'm jonesing for in MSSQL at this point is an Oracle-like row-level trigger, but it probably won't happen. You can accomplish something similar after a fashion using InsteadOf triggers in MSSQL, but it just ain't the same. Hope this helps. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement > -----Original Message----- > From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 10:20 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Help me understand the difference... (Tech question) > > What is the difference between CF + MSSQL and CF + Oracle? > > Is the query structure for Oracle that much different? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259685 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
