>I am involved in the planning stages of some applications being developed for our organization to be used on an intranet. All of the applications I have developed to date have been in Foxpro 2.6 and VFP 3.0 and 5.0. The potential intranet applications will have thousands of transactions added daily. In researching SQL Server 6.5, it appears to be the ideal back end for these applications.
>
>Here is the problem. Someone here wants the applications developed with ORACLE as the back-end. Now, I don't know squat about Oracle, so I'm not going to say anything nasty about it. However, it appears to me that Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 would be the natural choice.
>
>Does anyone out there have an opinion on this matter? Even better, does anyone know of anu documentation comparing the two products ORACLE and Microsoft SQL Server 6.5?

Well, here's my 2 cents...

Everyone I know that is a *real* DBA says Oracle is a superior product, exactly why, I'm not sure. I know VFP won't really be able to tell the difference. My experience has been MS writes ODBC drivers for SQL, 1st, then Oracle, then Sybase. So you're more likely to get a *flawless* driver for SQL, but again, I believe Oracle is the better product.

If you have someone there that's a DBA and knows Oracle, stick with it. If you're all green, I'd go with SQL.

Just My Humble and Somewhat Informed Opinion (JMHSIO)