what is the advantage of using oracle database?
Answers:
impossible to corrupt the database (with right configuration of course)
Other answers:
It's extremely difficult to exploit; it's relational; it's capable of handling a lot of different data types.
Well...
I am no expert on Oracle databases.
However, I know that they are a major company, and with that I think they would be experienced.
PEACE IS COMMING SOON!
In general Oracle is faster than other databases. This makes it ideal for use with very large amounts of data. Also with PLSQL(procedural language structured query language) there is no need to build an interface to use some of the more extensive features.
If are working with smaller sets of data I would recomend using MySQL instead.
I hope that helps.
Advantage compared to what? It all depends on what you want to use a database for.
Microsoft Access is fine for small companies who don't have a lot of money to spend on development, and won't have millions of records to store.
Above that, you would have Microsoft SQL server, MySQL, INGRES, and a few others that require a fair amount of technical expertise to set up and use. Most of a company's costs here would go to hiring people to do the set up of the databases and the interfaces to those.
At the top end, you have Oracle, IBM's DB2, and perhaps a few others. These databases are expensive, but incredibly secure and reliable. These kinds of databases are used by financial institutions, and such.
It is more reliable, stable, and secure database in the market.
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