Re: Arguments to fight against Ms SQL Server and Oracle

2004-04-14 Thread Alec . Cawley
The staff on the other hand, is thinking in using ORACLE, and I need very solid arguments to beet them. Any ideas I can borrow? There is really only two arguments against Oracle as a DBMS - price and closed source. But then you have to ask what the argument is against MySQL. When I

Arguments to fight against Ms SQL Server and Oracle

2004-04-13 Thread Leonardo Javier Belén
Hi folks! I am sorry to bother but I need your help. At work I need to upgrade the data management the place is using (very old FOXPRO DOS) with something more modern. The use is only to store data and run multiple querys in a post mortem fashion. The data source is a Ms SQL server so

Re: Arguments to fight against Ms SQL Server and Oracle

2004-04-13 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Leonardo Javier Belén wrote: The staff on the other hand, is thinking in using ORACLE, and I need very solid arguments to beet them. Any ideas I can borrow? If *you* don't know any arguments, then maybe Oracle is the best solution. Jochem -- I don't get it immigrants don't work and steal our

Re: Arguments to fight against Ms SQL Server and Oracle

2004-04-13 Thread Alvaro Avello
Leonardo : La verdad es que debes analizar lo que yo llamo ¿donde te aprieta el zapato? , esto quiere decir , que si requieres procedimientos almacenados y triggers y vistas , quizas oracle haga el trabajo. Si por otro lado la logica del negocio esta en tus aplicacciones y no requieres de