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is there a windows xp utility to make a database such that its support by sql server, oracle, and other db management systems.
the database schema is very huge so i would like to know what to use to make it so its protable from sql server to oracle if future demands that change?
I would recommend building your database using an ORM like Hibernate for Java (or NHibernate for .NET). This would allow you to seamlessly transition from one database type to the other with little to no issues. They would allow you to logically create the database schema without a specific database in mind, which you could then move from one database to the other.
I have created applications which change from SQL Server to MySQL to Oracle to MS Access to SQLite easily (clients love that flexibility).
However, you would need to know your way around programming…