RE: Oracle on debian
On Fri, 2002-08-09 at 14:51, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-08-09 at 17:00, Marco Antonio wrote:
> > > > they will NOT support you so be sure your work environment will be ok with
> > > > that. Otherwise you get to install a RH (or Suse) box.
> > >
> > > That might be ok. How critical are the databases, and how expert
> > > is your staff in Oracle?
> >
> > Here we are Oracle very very beginners. It will be our first
> Oracle installation, so considering that we will need support from
> Oracle, I'm afraid I'll have to install redhat. Sad.
>
> Out of curiosity - what does Oracle give you that PostgreSQL can't?
> (apart from a large hole in the pocket)
Off the top of my head:
- COUNT(*) that uses your indexes
- user-defined table and index partitions
- flexible bulk copy
- flexible backup/restore
- more comprehensive sql programming language
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