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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: Oracle vs MS Access
Please try to be gentle with this soul.
Maria -
Access should not even be on your short list. The underlying architecture is not designed for simultaneous use by multiple sessions. What type of "web database" application(s) will you be creating? How many concurrent users do you expect for each application? How much data will you need to store/query per transaction? What webserver will you be using? On what platform will the webserver and database be running? How much data will you be storing overall? Will the different databases need to exchange information? What type of availability is required? What is your budget? What capability/capacity do you have to support the database?
These are only a couple of general questions, but I'm hoping you are beginning to understand that database selection is a pretty thought-provoking exercise.
You cannot compare Access and Oracle, they're sort of like Matchbox toys and Caterpillar trucks. One is used by children to move grains of sand, the other is used by knowledgeable adults and has the capability of hauling boulders.
You might start by looking at some of the comparisons available at: http://sqlexperts.aspcode.net/datcomp.asp
I'm sure others will weigh in with more sagacious advice. Good Luck.
David A. Barbour
Oracle DBA - ConnectSouth
512-681-9438
dbarbour_at_connectsouth.com
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 2:11 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
We are developing web database standards in my workplace. I need to identify advantages/disadvantages of using Oracle verses MS Access for web databases.
Does anyone know of any good resources for gathering this info (web sites, articles, etc)? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Maria
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