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Old May 17th, 2006, 1:32 PM   #1
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Is Oracle any good?

I'm hearing quite a lot about Oracle, and I've had a very brief look into it, but I'm wondering about others' opinions. What're the advantages/disadvantages, etc?
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Old May 17th, 2006, 1:34 PM   #2
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Well, it's not a language, is that what you meant?
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Old May 17th, 2006, 2:35 PM   #3
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Oracle is a very nice database, and very large with a lot of intricate details. The down side is, it cost a bit of money, so the free alternative would be MySQL. If you want to code in Oracle, learn PL/SQL.
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Old May 17th, 2006, 2:44 PM   #4
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so the free alternative would be MySQL
Or PostgreSQL
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Old May 17th, 2006, 3:31 PM   #5
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Well, it's not a language, is that what you meant?
Dear DaWei you aren't helping a lot so ... why you don't take a break and thing positive. that will help you in your life with your family and with our programmers;
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Old May 17th, 2006, 3:52 PM   #6
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What Infinite Recursion said… Oracle is awesome, but extremely expensive... so I would recommend MySQL.
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Old May 17th, 2006, 5:03 PM   #7
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Dear DaWei you aren't helping a lot so ... why you don't take a break and thing positive.
Hey, the OP posted in the "Other Languages" forum. If you or he want to know something, present it clearly. Many young people not yet in the real world (you appear to be one, traipsing around whining) are looking for their sugar tit, and often find it, but don't count on it forever.
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Old May 18th, 2006, 8:26 AM   #8
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Or PostgreSQL
Indeed, another free alternative. But for some reason, and I'm not entirely sure why, I favor MySQL over PostgreSQL.
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Hey, the OP posted in the "Other Languages" forum. If you or he want to know something, present it clearly. Many young people not yet in the real world (you appear to be one, traipsing around whining) are looking for their sugar tit, and often find it, but don't count on it forever.
This is just a mistake are you the manager?
Are you that kind of person that is waiting for people that make something wrong to plaaaaaaaaaaaa you enjoyied ha ha.
Idon't know how old are you but you goota grow up. who is the young people now?
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Old May 18th, 2006, 12:08 PM   #10
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Yo, I won't be talking about DaWei if I was you. He is probably, if not, the most most experienced programmer I've meet. So watch it man!
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