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  3. January 2005

RE: 'Theoretical' SQL question

TPC Results:

http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_perf_results.asp?resulttype=all&ver
sion=5&currencyID=0

SQL Server 2000 ranked 6th.  DB2 8.2 on a pSeries the leader by a HUGE
margin.  Also the cheapest (except for DB2 8.1 on a pSeries).  Another
study shows Oracle much cheaper to run than SQL Server:

http://www.progstrat.com/index.php/articles/45

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Joe


> From: Hall, Philip
> 
> I've yet to see the evidence in the real world. Been at a number of
> accounts where Oracle has been a pig (even with good Oracle DBA's
doing
> all they can) and a SQL Server (out of the box) replacement is faster.

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