Re: Oracle V7.3 vs. V8.0

From: Scott Cairns <sdcairns_at_mindspring.com>
Date: 1998/02/13
Message-ID: <01bd3888$0ee7c560$d4000080@ccu09>#1/1

Dave Moore <dmoore_at_bmc.com> wrote in article <34E2F2FA.3352A581_at_bmc.com>... > Oracle8 gives you many advantages including:
> * VLDB support: Table and Index partitions that increase performance.
Is this analogous to segments in Sybase?

> * Abstract Datatypes: User defined datatypes.
You mean Oracle is just getting around to user-defined datatypes now!?! I had those in Sybase 4.2... Good thing because the database design we have makes extensive use of them. Guess I'm going Oracle 8 instead of 7.x...

> * Security Enhancements

Such as?

Thanks for the reply... Received on Fri Feb 13 1998 - 00:00:00 CST