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From: lance@unigold.UUCP (Lance Ellinghouse)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Oracle vs. Ingres (UNIX)
Summary: Oracle vs. Ingres: My experiences
Message-ID: <39@unigold.UUCP>
Date: 24 Aug 90 00:28:49 GMT
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In article <1927@unsvax.NEVADA.EDU>, davidg@uns-helios.nevada.edu (DAVID GONZALES) writes:
> 
> 
> We are currently planning on purchasing either Oracle or Ingres to run
> on a Sun SparcStation. Anyone care to comment on one or both of these products?

Well, 
  I have used both on SCO Xenix(Oracle) and SCO UNIX(Ingres).
Oracle is a good product, but it has some major flaws in my eyes:
	1) Very Slow
	2) Very few DBA utilities
	3) SQL*Forms is not very flexable and has bugs

Ingres is a good product also, and I prefer it over Oracle now that
I am using it. Some of its features are:
	1) Much faster than Oracle
	2) Ability to monitor HOW the Query Execution Plan is
		put together (thus able to tweek the search routines
		a little more than Oracle)
	3) Many DBA utilities and much better thought out
	4) Their Forms routines are GREAT! Both under ESQL and
		as standalone Forms used by their routines.

Ingres seems like a product that was much better thought out. Also, they 
optimize it for each hardware/software platforms (unlike Oracle) so you 
will get a product that is much faster and easier to setup.

Just my $0.02. 

Lance Ellinghouse
UNIGOLD
E-mail: hermix!unigold!lance@anes.ucla.edu