The following shows the replication capabilities as described for ms sql server on oracle
website.
“the text inside the ” ” are my questions/confusion AGAINST what oracle website says”
Please clear these points, what do you think? Is this article out of date?
Replication functionality in Microsoft
SQL Server or Sybase Adaptive Server
has the following characteristics:
- Unidirectional “merge replication supports!!”
- Table-based, not transaction-based “in transaction replication new
changes/transactions are replicated in
real time!!!”- No automatic conflict resolution (must be manual) “Really? what about
merge replication”??- Heterogeneous replication through Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
In addition to the preceding
characteristics, Microsoft SQL Server
7.0 replication provides heterogeneous replication through ODBC.Oracle replication has richer
replication functionality, which
includes the following:
- Bi-directional
- Any database object can be replicated
- Automatic resynchronization
- Automatic conflict resolution
- Heterogeneous replication provided through gateways
Is marketing material about direct competitor accurate, up to date and unbiased? Use your brain, user287745…
SQL Server 7.0 is rather old. Since then 4 (four) more major editions have shipped (2000, 2005, 2008 and R2). If you want to read about SQL Server Replication, you better read on the MSDN site. SQL Server Replication.