Re: newbie queston: why would anyone use Oracle?

From: Noons <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: 22 Sep 2005 17:11:25 -0700
Message-ID: <1127434285.062348.317610@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>

David Portas wrote:
> simple set of types" would have been a more supportable statement. But
> then you say "It was designed for portability" straight after referring
> to two types ("NUMBER" and "VARCHAR2") that are proprietary to Oracle
> and not part of standard SQL at all.

ever tried to join/use/merge/port two tables, one in a big-endian system and another in a little-endian one, with anything other than Oracle? Not a pretty sight.

It may be proprietary, but it's as near to universal portability as it can get... Received on Thu Sep 22 2005 - 19:11:25 CDT