Oracle equivalent of SQL Server's "FOR XML" and "OPENXML"

Hi
Can someone please tell what are the Oracle's equivalent of SQL Server's "FOR XML" and "OPENXML" features?

Probably you can try General XML forum General XML
Gints Plivna
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SQL Server's FOR XML EXPLICIT functionality in Oracle

What could be the best way to implement SQL Server's FOR XML EXPLICIT functionality? Can someone please give the overview?

Probably you can try General XML forum General XML
Gints Plivna
http://www.gplivna.eu

Is Distributed Transaction Coordinator services of the application role are required by SQL Server 2012 for clustering and support of SharePoint 2013.

All I want to know is if Distributed Transaction Coordinator services of the application role are required by SQL Server 2012 for clustering and support of SharePoint 2013.
I have been planning and deploying my companies first Windows Server 2012/SQL Server 2012 Always On cluster and Always On Availability Groups Multi-Subnet cluster and instances for SharePoint 2013, and I will be brutally honest, the documentation on either
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settings, roles, services when working with SQL Server 2012. I have been confused, frustrated, screaming mad, with all the misdirection in this documentation. The documentation takes me windows 2008 R2 which is different than 2012!
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In general, DTC is not required for SQL 2012. But, since you are asking specifically about SharePoint, it would be better to ask in a SharePoint forum. They would be more likely to know those situations where FTC might be needed by SharePoint.
.:|:.:|:. tim

Oracle equivalent to SQL Server Table Variables ?

Does Oracle have anything equivalent to SQL Server table variables, that can be used in the JOIN clause of a select statement ?
What I want to do is execute a query to retrieve a two-column result, into some form of temporary storage (a collection ?), and then re-use that common data in many other queries inside a PL/SQL block. I could use temporary tables, but I'd like to avoid having to create new tables in the database, if possible. If I was doing this in SQL Server, I could use a table variable to do this, but is there anything similar in Oracle ? SQL Server example:
use Northwind
DECLARE @myVar TABLE(CustomerID nchar(5), CompanyName nvarchar(40))
INSERT INTO @myVar(CustomerID, CompanyName)
select CustomerID, CompanyName
from Customers
--Join the variable onto a table in the database
SELECT *
FROM @myVar mv join Customers
on mv.CompanyName = Customers.CompanyName
The closest I've found in Oracle is to use CREATE TYPE to create new types in the database, and use TABLE and CAST to convert the collection to a table, as shown below. I can't see anyway without creating new types in the database.
CREATE TYPE IDMap_obj AS Object(OldID number(15), NewID number(15));
CREATE TYPE IDMap_TAB IS TABLE OF IDMap_obj;
DECLARE
v_Count Number(10) := 0;
--Initialize empty collection
SourceIDMap IDMap_TAB := IDMap_TAB();
BEGIN
--Populate our SourceIDMap variable (dummy select statement for now).
FOR cur_row IN (select ID As OldID, ID + 10000000 As NewID From SomeTable) LOOP
SourceIDMap.extend;
SourceIDMap(SourceIDMap.Last) := IDMap_obj(cur_row.OldId, cur_row.NewId);
END LOOP;
--Print out contents of collection
FOR cur_row IN 1 .. SourceIDMap.Count LOOP
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line(SourceIDMap(cur_row).OldId || ' ' || SourceIDMap(cur_row).NewId);
END LOOP;
--OK, can we now use our collection in a JOIN statement ?
SELECT COUNT(SM.NewID)
INTO v_Count
FROM SomeTable ST JOIN
TABLE(CAST(SourceIDMap As IDMap_TAB)) SM
ON ST.ID = SM.OldID;
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line(' ' );
DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line('v_Count is ' || v_Count);
END;

Hi, got this from our plsql guys:
The term "table function" is a bit confusing here. In Oracle-speak, it means a function that can be used in the from list of a select statement thus:
select * from Table(My_Table_Function()),..
where...
The function's return type must be a collection that SQL understands. So for the interesting case -- mimicking a function with more than one column -- this would be a nested table of ADTs where both the ADT and the nested table are defined at schema level. PL/SQL -- by virtue of some clever footwork -- allows you to declare the type as a nested table of records where both these types are declared in a package spec. This alternative is generally preferred, especially because the nested table can be of Some_Table%rowtype (or Some_Cursor%rowtype if you prefer).
As I understand it from our man on the ANSI committee, our use terminology follows the standard.
The construct below seems to be a bit different (though there are similarities) because it appears from your code sample that it's usable only within procedural code. And the object from which you select is a variable rather than a function.
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No, we don't have any constructs to let you "declare" something that looks like a regular schema-level table as a PL/SQL variable -- and then use (static) SQL on it just as if it were a schema-level table.
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Look at the attached Table_Function.sql.
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insert into Program_Variable_Table select... from Schema_Level_Table
The PL/SQL equivalent would be
select...
bulk collect into Program_Variable_Collection
from Schema_Level_Table
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and the code is here
CONNECT System/p
-- Drop and re-create "ordinary" user Usr
EXECUTE d.u
CONNECT Usr/p
create table Schema_Things(ID number, Description Varchar2(80))
create package Pkg is
subtype Thing_t is Schema_Things%rowtype;
type Things_t is table of Thing_t; -- index by pls_integer
Things Things_t;
-- PLS-00630: pipelined functions must have
-- a supported collection return type
-- for "type Things_t is table of Thing_t index by pls_integer".
function Computed_Things return Things_t pipelined;
procedure Insert_Schema_Things(No_Of_Rows in pls_integer);
end Pkg;
create package body Pkg is
function Computed_Things return Things_t pipelined is
Idx pls_integer;
Thing Thing_t;
begin
Idx := Things.First();
while Idx is not null loop
pipe row (Things(Idx));
Idx := Things.Next(Idx);
end loop;
end Computed_Things;
procedure Insert_Schema_Things(No_Of_Rows in pls_integer) is
begin
Things := Things_t();
Things.Extend(No_Of_Rows);
for j in 1..No_Of_Rows loop
Things(j).ID := j;
Things(j).Description := To_Char(j, '00009');
end loop;
insert into Schema_Things
select * from Table(Pkg.Computed_Things());
end Insert_Schema_Things;
end Pkg;
-- Test 1.
begin Pkg.Insert_Schema_Things(100); end;
select * from Schema_Things
-- Test 2.
begin
Pkg.Things := Pkg.Things_t();
Pkg.Things.Extend(20);
for j in 1..20 loop
Pkg.Things(j).ID := j;
Pkg.Things(j).Description := To_Char(j, '00009');
end loop;
for j in 1..5 loop
Pkg.Things.Delete(5 +2*j);
end loop;
end;
select * from Table(Pkg.Computed_Things())
/

XML output from oracle equivalent to sql server

Hi,
I need an equivalent sql server 2005 equivalent output from oracle.
Tried with DBMS_XMLGEN.getxml, xforest etc. But I am not able to get desired output.
Could anyone help me in giving a hint to do so.
Here below i am pasting sql server 2005 query and output, oracle query and output.
SELECT top 5
P.process_id AS Ppid,
P.name AS Pn,
P.group_id AS Pg,
P.locked AS Pl,
P.build AS Pb,
100 AS qcount,
200 AS ocount,
PI.question_id AS PIqid,
PI.process_id AS PIpid,
PI.posx AS PIpx,
PI.posy AS PIpy,
PI.innertext AS PItext,
PI.itemtype AS PItype,
PI.linkfrom AS PIfrom,
PI.linkto AS PIto,
PI.associated AS PIas,
PI.content_id AS PIc,
PI.exitpoint1_id AS PIe1,
PI.exitpoint2_id AS PIe2,
PI.exitpoint3_id AS PIe3,
PI.resolveidentifier AS PIri,
PI.libquestion_idfk AS PIlqid,
PI.followoncall AS PIfoc,
PI.userinput AS PIui,
PI.isLocked AS PIstls,
PI.PreviousAnswer as PIPAns,
PI.VisibleToAgent as PIVAgent,
PI.RetryAttempt as PIRetry,
PI.Tags as PITag,
PO.option_id AS POoid,
PO.question_id AS POqid,
PO.process_id AS popid,
PO.posx AS POpx,
PO.posy AS POpy,
PO.opt_innertext AS POtext,
PO.opt_linkfrom AS POfrom,
PO.opt_linkto AS POto,
PO.libquestion_idfk AS POlqid,
PO.liboption_idfk AS POloid
FROM
dbo.processes_ec AS P WITH (nolock) INNER JOIN
dbo.vw_ProcessesQuestions_Simulator_v6 AS PI WITH (nolock)
ON P.process_id = PI.process_id LEFT OUTER JOIN
dbo.vw_ProcessesOptions_Simulator_v6 AS PO WITH (nolock)
ON PI.question_id = PO.question_id AND PI.process_id = PO.process_id
ORDER BY Ppid, PIqid, POoid ASC
FOR XML AUTO, ELEMENTS
O/P
<P>
<Ppid>450</Ppid>
<Pn>CBB1015 - Router Firewall Settinngs Process</Pn>
<Pg>9</Pg>
<Pl>0</Pl>
<Pb>5</Pb>
<qcount>100</qcount>
<ocount>200</ocount>
<PI>
<PIqid>1</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PIpx>366</PIpx>
<PIpy>-516</PIpy>
<PItext>CBB1015 - Router Firewall Settinngs Process</PItext>
<PItype>Title</PItype>
<PIto>2</PIto>
<PO />
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>2</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PIpx>366</PIpx>
<PIpy>-437</PIpy>
<PItext>Is the customers PC Firewall turned off?</PItext>
<PItype>Question</PItype>
<PIfrom>1</PIfrom>
<PIto>2.2,2.1</PIto>
<PO>
<POoid>1</POoid>
<POqid>2</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POpx>-50</POpx>
<POpy>70</POpy>
<POtext>Yes</POtext>
<POto>5</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>2</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POpx>50</POpx>
<POpy>70</POpy>
<POtext>No</POtext>
<POto>3</POto>
</PO>
</PI>
<PI>
<PIqid>3</PIqid>
<PIpid>450</PIpid>
<PIpx>468</PIpx>
<PIpy>-344</PIpy>
<PItext>Advise the customer to turn off the PC Firewall in order to continue. Has this been done?</PItext>
<PItype>Question</PItype>
<PIfrom>2.2</PIfrom>
<PIto>3.2,3.1</PIto>
<PIc>278</PIc>
<PO>
<POoid>1</POoid>
<POqid>3</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POpx>-50</POpx>
<POpy>70</POpy>
<POtext>Yes</POtext>
<POto>5</POto>
</PO>
<PO>
<POoid>2</POoid>
<POqid>3</POqid>
<popid>450</popid>
<POpx>50</POpx>
<POpy>70</POpy>
<POtext>No</POtext>
<POto>4</POto>
</PO>
</PI>
</P>
Oracle query and output
select DBMS_XMLGEN.getxml('select * from (SELECT
P.process_id AS Ppid,
P.name AS Pn,
P.group_id AS Pg,
P.locked AS Pl,
P.build AS Pb,
100 AS qcount,
200 AS ocount,
PI.question_id AS PIqid,
PI.process_id AS PIpid,
PI.posx AS PIpx,
PI.posy AS PIpy,
PI.innertext AS PItext,
PI.itemtype AS PItype,
PI.linkfrom AS PIfrom,
PI.linkto AS PIto,
PI.associated AS PIas,
PI.content_id AS PIc,
PI.exitpoint1_id AS PIe1,
PI.exitpoint2_id AS PIe2,
PI.exitpoint3_id AS PIe3,
PI.resolveidentifier AS PIri,
PI.libquestion_idfk AS PIlqid,
PI.followoncall AS PIfoc,
PI.userinput AS PIui,
PI.isLocked AS PIstls,
PI.PreviousAnswer as PIPAns,
PI.VisibleToAgent as PIVAgent,
PI.RetryAttempt as PIRetry,
PI.Tags as PITag,
PO.option_id AS POoid,
PO.question_id AS POqid,
PO.process_id AS popid,
PO.posx AS POpx,
PO.posy AS POpy,
PO.opt_innertext AS POtext,
PO.opt_linkfrom AS POfrom,
PO.opt_linkto AS POto,
PO.libquestion_idfk AS POlqid,
PO.liboption_idfk AS POloid
FROM
processes_ec P INNER JOIN
vw_ProcessesQuestions_Sim_v6 PI
ON P.process_id = PI.process_id LEFT OUTER JOIN
vw_ProcessesOptions_Sim_v6 PO
ON PI.question_id = PO.question_id AND PI.process_id = PO.process_id
ORDER BY Ppid, PIqid, POoid ASC) where rownum<=5') from dual
O/P
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ROWSET>
<ROW>
<PPID>450</PPID>
<PN>CBB1015 - Router Firewall Settinngs Process</PN>
<PG>9</PG>
<PL>0</PL>
<PB>5</PB>
<QCOUNT>100</QCOUNT>
<OCOUNT>200</OCOUNT>
<PIQID>1</PIQID>
<PIPID>450</PIPID>
<PIPX>366</PIPX>
<PIPY>-516</PIPY>
<PITEXT>CBB1015 - Router Firewall Settinngs Process</PITEXT>
<PITYPE>Title</PITYPE>
<PITO>2</PITO>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<PPID>450</PPID>
<PN>CBB1015 - Router Firewall Settinngs Process</PN>
<PG>9</PG>
<PL>0</PL>
<PB>5</PB>
<QCOUNT>100</QCOUNT>
<OCOUNT>200</OCOUNT>
<PIQID>2</PIQID>
<PIPID>450</PIPID>
<PIPX>366</PIPX>
<PIPY>-437</PIPY>
<PITEXT>Is the customers PC Firewall turned off?</PITEXT>
<PITYPE>Question</PITYPE>
<PIFROM>1</PIFROM>
<PITO>2.2,2.1</PITO>
<POOID>1</POOID>
<POQID>2</POQID>
<POPID>450</POPID>
<POPX>-50</POPX>
<POPY>70</POPY>
<POTEXT>Yes</POTEXT>
<POTO>5</POTO>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<PPID>450</PPID>
<PN>CBB1015 - Router Firewall Settinngs Process</PN>
<PG>9</PG>
<PL>0</PL>
<PB>5</PB>
<QCOUNT>100</QCOUNT>
<OCOUNT>200</OCOUNT>
<PIQID>2</PIQID>
<PIPID>450</PIPID>
<PIPX>366</PIPX>
<PIPY>-437</PIPY>
<PITEXT>Is the customers PC Firewall turned off?</PITEXT>
<PITYPE>Question</PITYPE>
<PIFROM>1</PIFROM>
<PITO>2.2,2.1</PITO>
<POOID>2</POOID>
<POQID>2</POQID>
<POPID>450</POPID>
<POPX>50</POPX>
<POPY>70</POPY>
<POTEXT>No</POTEXT>
<POTO>3</POTO>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<PPID>450</PPID>
<PN>CBB1015 - Router Firewall Settinngs Process</PN>
<PG>9</PG>
<PL>0</PL>
<PB>5</PB>
<QCOUNT>100</QCOUNT>
<OCOUNT>200</OCOUNT>
<PIQID>3</PIQID>
<PIPID>450</PIPID>
<PIPX>468</PIPX>
<PIPY>-344</PIPY>
<PITEXT>Advise the customer to turn off the PC Firewall in order to continue. Has this been done?</PITEXT>
<PITYPE>Question</PITYPE>
<PIFROM>2.2</PIFROM>
<PITO>3.2,3.1</PITO>
<PIC>278</PIC>
<POOID>1</POOID>
<POQID>3</POQID>
<POPID>450</POPID>
<POPX>-50</POPX>
<POPY>70</POPY>
<POTEXT>Yes</POTEXT>
<POTO>5</POTO>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<PPID>450</PPID>
<PN>CBB1015 - Router Firewall Settinngs Process</PN>
<PG>9</PG>
<PL>0</PL>
<PB>5</PB>
<QCOUNT>100</QCOUNT>
<OCOUNT>200</OCOUNT>
<PIQID>3</PIQID>
<PIPID>450</PIPID>
<PIPX>468</PIPX>
<PIPY>-344</PIPY>
<PITEXT>Advise the customer to turn off the PC Firewall in order to continue. Has this been done?</PITEXT>
<PITYPE>Question</PITYPE>
<PIFROM>2.2</PIFROM>
<PITO>3.2,3.1</PITO>
<PIC>278</PIC>
<POOID>2</POOID>
<POQID>3</POQID>
<POPID>450</POPID>
<POPX>50</POPX>
<POPY>70</POPY>
<POTEXT>No</POTEXT>
<POTO>4</POTO>
</ROW>
</ROWSET>
Any help really appreciated.
Thanks in advance

Here are the links ->
http://www.psoug.org/reference/xml_functions.html
http://www.psoug.org/reference/dbms_xmlgen.html
http://www.adp-gmbh.ch/ora/sql/xmlelement.html
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/9i/SQLXML9i.php
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10500_01/appdev.920/a96620/toc.htm
Regards.
Satyaki De

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join cnh_cs_targ_csce_eur_1.ein_addl_info_v v on x.sub_str= v.addl_info_id     order by sort_seq
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thanks/Kumar
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Here your code:
WITH t AS
   SELECT '2406081,2410381,2427008,2430449,2466981,2495083,1586420,2406081,2410381,2427008,2430449,2466981,2495083,1586420' str
    FROM DUAL
SELECT REGEXP_SUBSTR (str, '[^,]+', 1, LEVEL) sub_str
   FROM t
CONNECT BY LEVEL <= REGEXP_COUNT (str, '[^,]+');The reason of the problem is that in your query the column str was having value , (comma). Your query:
select '2406081,2410381,2427008,2430449,2466981,2495083,1586420,2406081,2410381,2427008,2430449,2466981,2495083,1586420','',',' str from dual;was returning 3 columns.
I have also modified the condition in REGEXP_COUNT.
Regards.
Al
Edited by: Alberto Faenza on Feb 15, 2013 5:53 PM
Explanation added.

Oracle equivalent to SQL SERVER CLRClipString function

Hello Friends,
I am running the following sql query in SQL SERVER successfully ..
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v_array mytabletype;
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v_array := str2tbl ('10.01.03.04.234');
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10
01
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234
appreciate your help ..
thanks

If you need to split a single string:
with t as (
           select '33,54,105,148,149,163,165,179,193,195,201,202,234,239,279,282,297,299,329,332,350,415,417,439,440,500,552,570,589,603,628,655' str from dual
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from t
connect by level <= regexp_count(str,',') + 1
SUB_STR
33
54
105
148
149
163
165
179
193
195
201
SUB_STR
202
234
239
279
282
297
299
329
332
350
415
SUB_STR
417
439
440
500
552
570
589
603
628
655
32 rows selected.
SQL> SY.
P.S. REGEXP_COUNT is available in 11g only. If you are on 10g use:
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           select '33,54,105,148,149,163,165,179,193,195,201,202,234,239,279,282,297,299,329,332,350,415,417,439,440,500,552,570,589,603,628,655' str from dual
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from t
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To enable Distribution Agent verbose logging. Please follow these steps:
a. Open SQL Server Agent on the distribution server.
b. Under Jobs folder, find out the Distribution Agent.
c. Right click the job and choose Properties.
d. Select Steps tap, it should be like this:
e. Click Run agent and click Edit button, add following scripts by the end of scripts in the command box:
-Output C:\Temp\OUTPUTFILE.txt -Outputverboselevel 2
f. Exit the dialogs
For more information about the steps, please refer to:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312292
Hope the information helps.
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Oracle 8i vs SQL Server 2000

Can anyone point me to a good source that can explain the advantages of using Oracle 8i vs SQL Server 2000 for Data Warehousing and business intelligence as well as for running a ebusiness ?
We have a client who is interested in SQL sever and we are an Oracle shop.
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
I have the same question. But I am searching on the net for a council or vendor who gives the services for comparing different products. It is available for CRM, but i am not sure about databases.
Another I think If we can ask the client about why he has chosed sql server then we will be clear.
I see the only advantage of sql server 2000 is to have the olap, dts in built with the sql server product.
Any let me also know please. Thanks.

Insert data into oracle based on sql server data(here sql server acting as source to oracle and destination to oracle)

Source is Oralce. Destination is SQL Server.
Requirement - I have to fetch sql server server data (empid's) based emp table and send this as input data to oracle to fetch and empid's are common.
I cannot use merge or loopkup or for each as oracle have too many records.
For example - In MS SQL - i have empid=1,2..Only these records, I have to fetch from oracle source into sql server destination. For this, I have adopted the below approaches...The major problem I face, when i build a empid's as a string, it is taking only
4000 chars. My string lenght is 10000. How do I breakup this string lengh and send to data flow task till all broken strings length passed to DFT.
Approach-1
created two variables - oraquery string, empid string
step1 - ms sql database - created sql task - declare @empid varchar(max)
SELECT @empid=
Stuff((SELECT ',' + empid
        FROM
        (SELECT DISTINCT convert(varchar(10),empid ) empid FROM emp
         ) x
        For XML PATH ('')),1,1,'')
select @empid =    '(' + @empid + ')'
select @empid
resultset=singlerow
resultset=resultname=0; variablename=User::empid (empid is declared as string)
step2 - oracle database - created data flow task
created oledb source
I put this statemnt in oraquery expression - "select * from dept where dept in "
+ @[User::empid] + "
expression=true
[OLE DB Source [1]] Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80040E14.
An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Oracle" Hresult: 0x80040E14 Description: "ORA-00936: missing expression".
Approach-2
created three variables - oraquery string, empid int, loop object--when I put int then it is automatically setting to 0
step1 - ms sql database - created sql task - SELECT DISTINCT convert(varchar(10),empid ) empid FROM emp
resultset=fullresult
resultset=resultname=0; variablename=User::loop
step2 - created a for each loop container
for loop editor - for each ado ennumerator
enumerator configuration - loop
variablemapping - variable=empid;index=0
step3 - oracle database - created data flow task (outside for each loop. If I put inside it is taking long time)
created oledb source
I put this statemnt in oraquery expression - "select * from dept where dept in "
+ @[User::empid] + "
expression=true
Data inserting in a destination table but empid=0.

Sorry didnt understand if your step3 is outside loop how
@[User::empid] will get values for the empids from User::loop. The iteration happens inside loop so you
need to have a logic to form the delimited list inside using a script task or something and concatenating everything and storing to variable @[User::empid]
. Then only it will have full value used to be used in step3 query
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Oracle 8i vs SQL Server 7 or 2000

Can anybody provide a link or information about what is the best choice to choosing Oracle 8i or SQL Server? I want a technical answer not based on market share or bias.
I have been an oracle DBA and developer for 5 years. Reading up on SQL Server,it seems very powerful as well as Very cost effective compared to Oracle 70% cheaper in some cases.
I am currently researching the back end and front end tools needed for a internal Application system:
20Gig Minimum sized database
80-100 Simultaneous Users
Database server on NT4.0/2000
Any information would be very helpful
Please email to [email protected]
and/or post info.
Thanks

To balance the equation a little bit:
well, here goes the technical difference between sql svr and oracle8i db server:
1. SQL Server has much more rich, intuitive development tools. I find the Oracle tools a bit antiquated and clunky.
2. "control file management is there in oracle. >> BUT NOT IN SQLSVR." Never had the need to "manage files" from the DB, so I'm not sure of the point here.
3. You can manage partitions in SQL Server.
4. Oracle is tied to Java whereas SQL Server is more VB friendly and has JScript support.
5. SQL Server built extensions to TSQL (like PL/SQL) to support direct return of XML in a very simple manner. I'm still swinning through
6. "Operating System authentication is there in oracle. BUT NOT IN SQLSVR." This is just plain wrong. You can authenticate at the OS or DB level in SQLServer.
7. SQL Server does replication including merge replication.
8. Building data warehouses, mining, datamart, MTS, DSS, OLTP is heavily supported in SQL Server.
9. SQL Server introduced the self-tuning database making the administration very simple.
10. SQL Server supports clustering, warmbackups, etc.
11. I can show you several ways to backup/restore and all are very fast.
12. SQLServer2000 has all of the development features of Oracle (and then some) for a fraction of the cost.
13. Oracle's high-end features are better and more complete, and it works on more platforms.
My choice as a developer in a Win2000/NT type environment is SQL Server hands down. Big companies with lots of data have a tougher choice. I think Oracle is more "big iron" and high-end admin friendly, and SQL Server is more developer, self-maintaining, and pocketbook friendly. I depends upon what's important to you.
ALL ABOVE INFORMATION IS BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE WITH SQL SERVER FROM 1996 TO PRESENT.
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How do you compare Oracle 10G with SQL Server 2005?

exept for performance and pricing...
We haven't decide to upgrade SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 or buy more license for Oracle 10G...
Any comments are welcome!

OK I only came here because of APC's referral down the piece (I was curious where all the hits came from - cheers Andrew). Comments embedded anyway
Thanks Gaff!
* Staff Experience with product - how flexible is
your staff?
--Staff need to learn sth. new...:)That's a fair motivation if recruitment and retention of staff is an issue - if you want reliability giving business systems to people who don't know the tech is a rather foolish move.
* Current product use Corporation/group - if you have
15 SQL Server boxes and no Oracle, what is the
impetus for change? Same if you have 15 Oracle boxes
and no SQL Server ones.
--80% SQL server and 20% Oracle. We are thinking to
balance to 50%-50%.I'm curious as to the reasoning behind this? I don't really see what the benefit is.
* Features - Do you want/need text handling
capabilities? Data mining? Storage of non-text
records? XML?
--I think both of DB system can do these.They can
* Scalability - Is one Windows box going to meet your
needs or do you need to scale (now or eventually) to
multiple boxes of multiple CPUs?
--This is really a benefit feature of Oracle better
than SQL Server.SQLServer scales - it just scales in a different way (federated databases vs RAC).
Thank u for ur US$.02Are you evaluating the platform for an in-house development or a database neutral application - if the latter I'd be sorely tempted to find out what the development platform is or read the docs for clues. For example we are looking at a product that supports SQLServer,MSDE and Oracle. In the FAQ "how do I choose between SQLServer and MSDE?", if we do implement it will be on an MS platform.
I consider this probably the most crucial factor since SQLServer and Oracle have different architectural features they tend to generate different development approaches - porting one to the other nearly always hurts the new platform. Plus if I need support I'd be hoping that I got a bug fix from a developer and not from a developer whose fix was then ported.
The same applies to in-house dev obviously, but there at least you can hire people with the right skillset for the app development.
Cheers
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com

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