Re: Know 1 database, know them all?

I see it from a slightly different (and probably wrong) angel, at least regarding the performance of things and databases: If you've worked with Oracle databases for some time (and have real experience), and know about the myths and their anti-thesis (use the wait interface instead of the €&#% ratio crap, know about RAID-5, don't have too many indexes, concentrate on LIO instead of PIO, etc.,etc.) you'll do quite fine. As Peter Gram once said to me: It's all about getting a database to perform on a platform.

You can take your old presentations regarding Oracle myths and change it into a SQL Server or mySQL presentation, change a few details, and be king in the new world.

Mogens

Robert Eskridge wrote:

>Curiously, the basics are common across styles of cooking. You have
>to learn to coax the flavors out of the fresh ingredients and transform
>them into the proper texture and finish. Once you've mastered Italian
>cooking, you may not be a top notch German cook, but you're probably
>just a recipe or two away from being able to produce a very nice
>German meal...
>
>Databases have a certain similarity. If heading an Oracle project and
>I was given the choice between two people to work on my project, one
>having been the lead architect for a top notch product based on
>Sybase, and the other being an OCP that had worked on lack luster
>products, it would be hard not to pick the former.
>
>
>
>F> Following the same logic..... if I learn to cook a good Italian dish, then I
>F> must automatically be an expert in preparing top-class Chinese, German,
>F> Malay, Hungarian and French cuisine .... Yeah, right !
>
>F> Ferenc Mantfeld
>
>
>

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