Daniel Morgan wrote:
> Much of the core functionality of Oracle is dependent upon the
> versioning. Microsoft is attempting to duplicate it to put an end
> to their inability to complete with everything from RAC on down.
> At it most basic level ... it is impossible for SQL Server to
> produce a result set consistent to a point-in-time. Which explains
> to many, especially those inside Microsoft, why they are running
> their corporate financials on SAP with Oracle. A huge embarrasement
> for Ballmer & Co.
Can you actually shore up any of what you just said with some form of
evidence? SAP is not known to exploit DBMS specific features.
Given that versioning is not in the SQL Standard I have a very hard time
believing what you state.
Cheers
Serge
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Serge Rielau
DB2 SQL Compiler Development
IBM Toronto Lab
Received on Mon Mar 29 2004 - 07:02:48 CST
