Why use oracle instead of some other db?

I need some help. I'm writing a masters thesis about porting a system from PostgreSQL to Oracle 10g. They idea is to get increased performance on the system I need to argument for why I chose Oracle instead of some other DB. So I wondered if anyone had some sales pitches that I could use?

To explain shortly about the application, it is a network monitoring/analyse tool. It performs a root cause analysis of tcp connections. It works by first populating a packets table with all the packet headers. (After this table is first populated it is no longer changed). Then through PL/SQL and some external functions it performs the analysis. The analysis is mostly done by selecting all the packet headers from one connection and analysing them. There is only one user of the system at any one time.
I have heaps of more information about it, but this was the very short version.

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Why use oracle instead of Ms Access

can any body give me some summerised information what are main benfits of using oracle instead of Access.

Hi,
can go through this discussion:
http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/eac/knowledgebaseAnswer/0,295199,sid63_gci976666,00.html
Why sould I select Oracle over MS Access? QUESTION POSED ON: 05 JUL 2001
QUESTION ANSWERED BY: Brian Peasland
Oracle, MS Access, and any other vendor's database package all have their advantages and disadvantages. Selecting one over another is really a case of weighing the advantages and disadvantages for your specific case. I'll give a brief description of the strengths and weaknesses of each of these two packages and then you can decide!
MS Access - This package is very cheap (it is part of Office Professional) and very easy to use. Most of the work in Access is done through wizards and GUI tools. One can quickly develop a small, single user database with this one. MS Access is not very good for a multi-user application. It is not very robust and does not have good multi-user transactional control. In addition, Access cannot handle large amounts of data. All of the data in the database is stored in a single file and that has its limitations.
Oracle - This package is not cheap at all. It is very complex and it can be difficult to administer. But its complexity makes it very robust. There is almost nothing that you cannot do in Oracle (unlike Access). Oracle is specifically designed for multi-user applications. In fact, thousands of users can access the same data without any problems due to Oracle's very good transactional control. But applications are not developed nearly as quickly. Oracle can also handle large amounts of data. In fact, Oracle 8i can handle up to 512 petabytes of data!
In the end, Oracle is a true Database Management System (DBMS) and Access is not. This does not mean that Access does not have its place. If I'm designing a quick database that only I'll use, I would do it in Access over Oracle. If I'm designing a robust, scalable application used throughout my enterprise with many users, then Oracle is my choice!
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--Raman

Why use oracle fail safe???

hi
i have one question..
why use oracle fail safe???
In the case windows HA System, our systems is operating Oracle database using only Windows Cluster (MSCS) without Oracle Fail Safe!!
Without oracle fail safe, our systems was installed Oracle database.....
if using oracle fail safe, how is merit???.
Thanks...

Hi Kim,
why use oracle fail safe???Refer http://download.oracle.com/docs/html/B12070_01/intro.htm#i1005996
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My keyboard on macbook pro (laptop) is acting weird. One key is not responding at all. Have verified using Keyboard viewer and some other keys are printing the unresponsive character at random.

my keyboard on macbook pro (laptop) is acting weird. One key is not responding at all. Have verified using Keyboard viewer and some other keys are printing the unresponsive character at random. "z" is the unresponsive character.
Is it a damaged keyboard ?
The laptop is just 2 months old, will Apple replace it with a new one if its indeed a damaged keyboard or just repair, I use it for official purposes so being without a laptop is not much of an option.

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My Apple Macbook Pro is connected by Telstra wireless Broadband to the Internet. Is it possible to connect to a WiFi Printer using Air Express or some other system? to the Internet.

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Why use Oracle 8.1.5 for Linux?

Dear,
If it is really pain in the ass to install Oracle on Linux, why
use it? I have spent more than 4 full days (more than what I
excepted) to try to install Oracle on a Linux box.
I guess I will go for mySQL since I can just install the RPM
package and do not have to worry those critical issues.
Just a note for Oracle, please design a better Installer next
time which is going to work! Thank you.
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null

I have some sympathy for your plight. I have 8.0.5 installed on
RedHat Linux. Apart from patching the Pro*C configuration file,
everything is fine.
It does seem 8.1.5 is more problematic. If you're purely
evaluating Oracle, maybe you should consider 8.0.5 until 8i
stabilises unless you really are gagging for some 8i feature.
Alex Yu (guest) wrote:
: Dear,
: If it is really pain in the ass to install Oracle on Linux, why
: use it? I have spent more than 4 full days (more than what I
: excepted) to try to install Oracle on a Linux box.
: I guess I will go for mySQL since I can just install the RPM
: package and do not have to worry those critical issues.
: Just a note for Oracle, please design a better Installer next
: time which is going to work! Thank you.
: Best Regards,
: Alex Yu
null

Using Oracle Clusterware for keeping other things than RAC HA

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I'm wondering who else out there has used Oracle Clusterware to monitor items other than RAC.
There are some good examples on
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/clusterware/index.html
But I was interested in finding other examples as well.
Thanks,
Erik

I am in the process of getting Clusterware to protect a single-instance (non-RAC) database... and not doing too well!
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There is IMP utility which provides me data as graphical way. But i need extract data in such a way so that i could able to use in my application.
thanks,
mohan

Hi,
EdStevens
Actually I was using SQL Developer. Sorry for the wrong define question. Now the real problem is:
I want to read or extract data in a txt file from Oracle Dump (.dmp) file without using Oracle sqlPlus or Oracle Database.
No need to say that i am able to extract dump data using sqlPlus. But for that, there is a little burden to install oracle database
or sql Developer.
I also listen about Oracle Loader a little bit. Is it a tool for providing extraction of data from Oracle dump file.
Thanks for your previous reply,
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Why use infotypes instead of tables in ABAP HR?

Dear forumers,
I'm a newbie in SAP ABAP and I'm currently learning HR ABAP.
One newbie question here: Why are infotypes used in HR ABAP, instead of the normal tables that we regularly use in SAP?
Please help me out with my question here and my apologies if the question is way too simple. :P
THANKS!

Hi,
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Info type is information type where the data stored of a particular person/employee is stored in information. suppose if you want to store the personnel data and address, family details, education and previous employee of you only these are all the information stores in the info types you can see this info types in pa30 transaction you will customize this information in img-pm-pa-customizing procedures-info types-create info types.
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History - HR data is time specific. You have a certain pay rate, but as of the first of next month you get a pay raise. Or you move to a new address as of July 1st. The data about your pay must be retained so Payroll knows what to pay you today and then must know what to pay you next month. And that history must be maintained for reporting - What was Your's pay rate since hire date? So each info type, or group of information, has a specific start date and end date during which it is valid.
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hi guys, in my company we are giving a service of moving an aplication developped on form6i and report 4.5 to 10g.
they want the reports compiled and not as sources. we know we must use rdf and not rep files but we don't know WHY?
if some can reference some information and let me know if there is a way to use on 10g the rep files, i will aprecciate it.
thanks in advance you wise guys.

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I want to extract data from oracle dump file (.dmp) using oracle database or any other tools.

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thanks,
mohan

This isn't a SQLDeveloper question. You will get better answers in the Database - General forum.
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The best way to get data out of a dump file is to import it into a database and then extract it to plain text files using SQL.
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The exp dump file is mostly plain text, but the format is not published so you could waste a lot of time figuring it out.

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Why use iWork instead of MS Office?

I am trying to decide whether to use iWork or spend money on MS Office. I am looking for information to make the choice.
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Is there anything in Raptor that is not in JDeveloper?
I have been using JDeveloper for SQL PL/SQL script development and for general SQL duties as we don't have licenses for Toad or any other useful developer tool.
I have been trying out Raptor, but find that many of the featires that I like in JDeveloper are not in it.
For example, the Diagrammer, offline database tables, File oriented PL/SQL Development etc.
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other objects -
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other -
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SQL Worksheet:
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