Well Monty this is just from my experience, i know people might have
differing opinions but in terms of performance oracle runs circles round sql
server.

> My initial feelings are .... as far as my experience goes /.. i personally
> feels Oracle SUCKS ... as i never find anything in it ... when connecting
to
> vb .. no extra speed ,, and no better performence ....... just the pl/sql
> code always crashes my program .....an causing dll-hell errors

i fail to see the connection between dll-hell and oracle.You have probably
been using oracle in simple scenarios where you insert a record , edit it
etc.and not in circumstances where you have to perform batch operations of
gazzillion records at one go. PLSQL stored procedures are tremendously fast
in such scenarios. And not to mention advanced features like Real
application clusters that are missing in SQL server.
If you have  a budget constraint go for SQL server  or else Oracle Rulez.

Just my $0.02

for more unbaised opinions look at
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,4178,00.asp

Satya

>
> ITS WRITTEN IN ALLL THE BOOKS FROM ORACLE PRESS... THAT TRY OUR ORACLE ...
> ITS FAST ,, GIVES U BETTER PERFORMENCE ETC  but i havent seen  that  ..
>
> is there anyone who agrees that oracle is better than sql server ?
> if u are sittin there than please tell me the advantages of oracle over
sql
> server 2000
>
> Thanks and waiting for some hardcore comments
> Monty
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