Re: PostgreSQL vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft

From: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>
To: alex(at)neteconomist(dot)com
Cc: Frank Wiles <frank(at)wiles(dot)org>, Yann Michel <yann-postgresql(at)spline(dot)de>, gpd(at)gpdnet(dot)co(dot)uk, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft
Date: 2005-01-10 23:29:52
Message-ID: 20050110232952.GG67721@decibel.org
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On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 12:46:01PM -0500, Alex Turner wrote:
> You sir are correct! You can't use perl in MS-SQL or Oracle ;).

On the other hand, PL/SQL is incredibly powerful, especially combined
with all the tools/utilities that come with Oracle. I think you'd be
hard-pressed to find too many real-world examples where you could do
something with a PostgreSQL procedural language that you couldn't do
with PL/SQL.
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