uum ok, Have you even used Oracle. Of the people I know that have used both they have the same opinion as I do.infolock wrote:hedge wrote:You must be joking to rank ms-sql above Oracle. Oracle is in it's own category, it is clearly superior in performance, scaleability and functionality... it's downfall is price.infolock wrote:if you are willing to pay for it, MS-SQL is probably the best sql db out there.. although Oracle has quite a nifty security setup as well... are you looking for an open-source/free distribution or licensed version? it could vary depending on how much you are willing to spend(if any) and what kind of security you are wanting
not at all.. ms-sql is the fastest and best db out there. i think you are blinded by the saying "if it's the most expensive, it must be the best". do some research on the studies between the 2...
A couple years ago Oracle had a challenge to pay anyone a million dollars if they could make a query run in SQLServer in 1/100th of the time as Oracle... noone collected.
I'm not anti SQLServer, both serve a purpose. We run both here but use Oracle for the heavy lifting.