Gustav Brock
Gustav at cactus.dk
Tue Sep 20 02:24:55 CDT 2011
Hi Arthur et al Also Oracle sports a free Express version, Oracle 11g XE with these limitations: * Maximum database size is 11 GB * Maximum RAM it will use is 1 GB * Only one instance can be installed on a single computer * Uses only a single CPU Here is a guide for the Windows installation (for people like JC encountering the unknown!): http://www.codeproject.com/KB/database/InstallOracle11gXE.aspx Not that I have used it or intend to do so. The last time I tried (Oracle 8i?) it installed a monster suite of tools and yet you had to deal with manual editing of ora files etc. ... I felt much like JC does now facing the WAMP package. Things may have changed, I know, I'm just not ready to meet the challenge (= have no purpose for it). /gustav -----Original Message----- From: dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2011 6:53 PM To: Discussion concerning MS SQL Server Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] [AccessD] MySQL There are some nice things about MySQL but on the other hand I definitely do not like where Oracle is going with this puppy since its acquisition of Sun and by inheritance MySQL. I'm still on the fence about these developments, but quite frankly I am leaning against Oracle on all these transmutations of what was originally a simple, straightforward approach. At last recollection, Monty has departed, and with him, I fear, has the guiding vision of this product. Frankly, I am all over the place on where next to go: I look at Mongo and see it exquisite for web-apps but not for OLTP situations. I look at PostGreSQL and think it's got a bunch of things right. I look at Oracle and MS-SQL and think they have some things right as well. I frankly do not have any clue into which basket to toss my next eggs. Arthur