Hello Guys? What do you suggest is a better career choice SQL SERVER OR ORACLE ..my background has always been website designing.
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Hello Guys? What do you suggest is a better career choice SQL SERVER OR ORACLE ..my background has always been website designing.
Thanks
This is an old thread that compares the technology.
http://www.dbasupport.com/forums/sho...ight=sqlserver
My advice is to consider certification only for products that you currently use or expect to use shortly.
Me being a stock owner of Oracle, I would suggest.....Oracle!
I would opt for Oracle too:D
Many people think SQL Server is very easy so companies don't pay much to SQL-Server DBA. For Oracle database, it is just opposite.
Anoth thing is: if you are not working with Oracle database, it will be hard to prepare for Oracle OCP.
ORACLE
DB2
Terra DATA
SQL SERVER
Teradata works well for OLTP?
Start with oracle ,you can always make a switch later
"The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents."
-Salvador Dali
IMHO, there should be no comparison between the two. Sql Server is a kid database and it will take time for him to even try to catch Oracle. I don't think people who do MCSE with two optional exams of Sql Server, become DBAs of any kind. and moreover there are massive amount of braindumps available for Sql Server (M$) exams, which makes it trivial to achieve. MCDBA is nowhere close to OCP DBA. So go for value, go for Oracle.
So are the Brainbench exams, for that matter.Quote:
Originally posted by sumitamar
moreover there are massive amount of braindumps available for Sql Server (M$) exams, which makes it trivial to achieve.
Here we go again. SQL Server is a very good RDBMS and deserves more credit than you are giving it. I don't know how much you've used it, but everyone I've encountered who has used it in a real application, including myself, has been very impressed with it. I would suggest you spend some time using it and you'll soon question the validity of paying twice the amount for the privilege of using Oracle.Quote:
Originally posted by sumitamar
Sql Server is a kid database and it will take time for him to even try to catch Oracle.
Yukon will be released soon which will make SQL Server language independant, allowing stored procedures to be coded in any language with an IL compiler. I'm sure than will interest quite a few developers.
Cheers
Indeed, is true that there's a lot of braindumps for MCSE, MCDBA and others. It's still up to the person, whenther he or she has the interest to learn and pick up those skills. Even armed with certs, they have no idea how to manage a database ( example: MS SQL, Oracle or others ) they will be soon out of this job, same go along with other areas in this IT industry.
My company are running Oracle 8i and MS SQL 2000. Both are running very well. But, most of the applications are hook up onto the MS SQL. So far, there's any problem with the MS SQL.
Once again, it's depends on the requirements of the company. Like what the other members have said.
The DB2 DBA's here consider anything that is not DB2 and on a mainframe ("real computer") a toy. Oracle, AS/400, SQL Server, all toys.
I love the RDBMS pecking order controversy.
MH
I see. It is a fact that if you repeat something several times, you eventually start to believe it.Quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Hanky
The DB2 DBA's here consider anything that is not DB2 and on a mainframe ("real computer") a toy. Oracle, AS/400, SQL Server, all toys.
Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.Quote:
Originally posted by julian
I see. It is a fact that if you repeat something several times, you eventually start to believe it.
Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Tim, I use SQL Server in my day to day programming life. But I have a very clear idea that T-SQL is not as good as PL/SQL is. However, I am impressed with the idea of writing stored procedures in any language. I'll look forward to Yukon. thanks for providing information about it. Nevertheless, with reference to the thread topic, this is for sure that Oracle DBA certification holds more value than M$ DBA does.
Which in both cases is very very close to zero IMHO.Quote:
Originally posted by sumitamar
Nevertheless, with reference to the thread topic, this is for sure that Oracle DBA certification holds more value than M$ DBA does.
Yukon? Isnt that like .NET then, use a common compiler for c#, vb etc?
Yes and no. A non-certified DBA might know very little about Oracle, a certified one a bit more :-) But I understand what you mean...Quote:
Originally posted by jmodic
Which in both cases is very very close to zero IMHO.