Varying Takes on Database Naff

by Kofi Sarfo 1. June 2010 18:41

Migrating from a database we quite like to one we do not provides as much fun as surgery.

After the DBA has promoted the database into QA we find our application is spouting Primary Key violations because the sequence.nextval values are below those used within their respective tables. Identity columns. Yet another reason to prefer SQL Server. There's a clear pattern here.

Sure, there are some advantages but we'd take portability over the possibility of having more than one auto-generated sequence any day.

It's interesting catching the impressions of an Oracle expert going the other way. Oracle to SQL Server: Crossing the Great Divide, Part 2. The comments in Part 1 make for a fun read. Especially those that bemoan the developer tools.

Kiva Loans

  • Zenaida

    Zenaida

    Food Production/Sales

    Requested loan: $200

    Amount raised: $0

    Catbalogan, Samar, Philippines

    to purchase ingredients for her food production business.

    Loan Now »

  • Josephine

    Josephine

    Fish Selling

    Requested loan: $375

    Amount raised: $0

    Puerto Princesa South, Palawan, Philippines

    to buy additional boxes of fish to sell.

    Loan Now »

  • Mary Joy

    Mary Joy

    Grocery Store

    Requested loan: $275

    Amount raised: $0

    Daan Bantayan, Cebu, Philippines

    to buy additional items like canned goods, chips, personal care products, etc. to sell in her store.

    Loan Now »

To see more entrepreneurs »

Make a loan to an entrepreneur across the globe for as little as $25. Kiva is the world's first online lending platform connecting online lenders to entrepreneurs across the globe.