Re: PostgreSQL x Oracle

hmmm

when its come to small dbs I definitely recommend postgres because its free
and flexible.

I never used Oracle but I wonder form time to time if need too, in big dbs
or ones that are complex ( rules / foreign keys ... ) I find postgres
somewhat slow in inserting / updating.

also I heard that you cant do transaction within transaction in postgres
while in Oracle you can. ( im not sure if its true at all )

so postgres is still far away to really equal with Oracle but it cost
nothing and work nicely :)

does any one know about comparison article of oracle vs postgres when it
come to speed over complex queries ?

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Marcelo Pereira" <gandalf@sum.desktop.com.br>
To: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 6:59 PM
Subject: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL x Oracle


Hi all,

I have been using PostgreSQL to do everything I need, but people always
ask me ``why PostgreSQL''.

I use to tell that PostgreSQL is powerfull, but when they ask me to
compare PostgreSQL with Oracle I get myself in troubles.

I don't use Oracle!

What does Oracle have that Postgresql doesn't have? Why does people
continue thinking that Oracle is better than PostgreSQL?

How can I compare it??

See ya,

Marcelo Pereira

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