Hi all,

I wonder where would be the best place to look and ask why I'd choose
Oracle as a database for a web application please?

Any input would be appreciated.

Thank you.

stokefan wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I wonder where would be the best place to look and ask why I'd choose
> Oracle as a database for a web application please?
>
> Any input would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you.

There are many different objectives, parameters, requirements, desires and
needs for a web based application, and these influence the features and
capabilities required of your infrastructure.

Oracle has literaly 1000's of capabilities - unless you want a dump of all
(which will never happen here), you need to specify why you think you need
a database and we might be able to match the reasons with the features.
(Besides, a data dump results in a list, not in information.)

To get you started on the 'what can Oracle do' side ....

1) Oracle Essentials from http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/oressentials3/
2) Concepts manual from http://tahiti.oracle.com

IMO, the reason to choose Oracle is _not_ the fact that is one of the most
scalable, highly available, reliable and fast databases. I'd choose it
because includes a large number of utilities and built-ins that can drive
_down_ the total cost of your project IF you decide to use them (instead of
duplicate them as most developers do.)

IOW, many organizations fail to define requirements _before_ starting the
implementation selection and then try to shoe-horn Oracle into a small
niche of the development (data bucket). That results in frustration and
wasted money for all! The Oracle Essentials book is useful.

JM2CW
/Hans

In message <f9f6123c.0411140721.59010333@posting.google.com >, stokefan
<stokefan@gmail.com> writes
>Hi all,
>
>I wonder where would be the best place to look and ask why I'd choose
>Oracle as a database for a web application please?
>
>Any input would be appreciated.
>
>Thank you.

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stokefan wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I wonder where would be the best place to look and ask why I'd choose
> Oracle as a database for a web application please?
>
> Any input would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you.

Oracle marketing if you want hyperbole.

If you are asking a serious question ... then the answer is that it
depends on what it is you need to accomplish. What is the requirement
for security? for through-put? for the ability to recover from various
disasters?

Most of us choose Oracle because we'd rather spend the money on software
than on payroll and attorneys.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan@x.washington.edu
(replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)

stokefan@gmail.com (stokefan) wrote in
news:f9f6123c.0411140721.59010333@posting.google.c om:

> Hi all,
>
> I wonder where would be the best place to look and ask why I'd choose
> Oracle as a database for a web application please?
>
> Any input would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you.

Just use flat files becuase they are simpler & require no management.

On 14 Nov 2004, stokefan@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I wonder where would be the best place to look and ask why I'd
> choose Oracle as a database for a web application please?

google groups.

--
Galen Boyer