> > distinction between SQL server and Oracle on licensing what is actually
licensed.
> > With SQL Server you have to license every client that will connect to
it.
> > With Oracle you license by connection, so it only maximum no. of
simultaneous
> > connections that has to be licensed. Read your SQL server license
document
> > VERY CAREFULLY if you are connecting it to the web...
>
> Yes and for ORACLE the connection is defined as the end-point so your
application
> is allowed multiple connections without breaking licence... for
middle-large situations
> I think ORACLE must win hands-down over MSSQL...
So if I'm running middleware, like an EJB server, I only need one Oracle
license?
> What're the Pros and Cons of Informix as a Delphi backend...
I haven't much time, but:
- It's reliable
- It's pretty quick
- It's very scalable (just keep adding processors)
- It's relatively cheap, compared to Oracle (as I recall)
- It's got plenty of useful features (witness cascading deletes,
replication, row-level locking :-)
- It's more Oracle-like as of version 7.3x, which makes it easier for some
folk
(they added lots of useful things, like NVL and UPPER)
- It's got a crappy stored-procedure language
- That'll do
Kerry S
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