Re: Oracle 10G

Posted in 2004

Obnoxio The Clown — Thu, 04 Mar 2004 08:37:11 +0000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Daniel Morgan wrote: > Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > >> Yeah, that's true, Oracle is so difficult and incomprehensible, you do >> need to be a rocket scientist to work with it. And since NASA is not >> doing that well at the moment... > > What is difficult for some ... is easy for others. The difficulty > in the program is not the database. The course would be equally > difficult taught with any RDBMS. The difficulty is that we teach > problem solving skills: Not just syntax. I've done the day to day running of both databases. There is a philosophical difference in how much administration is involved and how the extensions to ANSI SQL are presented. Oracle is just more complex, and that's actually not a bad thing. It keeps the product visible to management and also ensures job security. > Here's a problem given to students last night. As solvable in Informix > as in Oracle: Go for it. I'm sorry, I just couldn't be bothered. I'm sure Mark S. already knows the answer, though. (Not to put him on the spot or anything. :o) -- "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ''' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche