In my work experience, it seems that they have made it an issue in SQL Server to minimize the amount of intervention necessary by a DBA. Every place I've worked in that had Oracle had a DBA or had problems.

PF

>Hello
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>We are desigining an application and we are planing to use Oracle 8i for a server.
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>My question is about maintenance, after we deploy the application for the user which is basicly is a single user with potential to many users, in that environment what do you think the server less needed DBA intervention Oracle8 or SQL server???
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>Do you know of any white paper on this subject?
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>Thanks
>Mo