You must watch out for many subtle and not-so-subtle traps when translating Oracle queries to SQL Server. Just as T-SQL is the language engine of SQL Server, PLSQL is that of Oracle. Both these ...

Call it the duel of the database migration tools. "The free Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) makes it easy to migrate data from Oracle, Microsoft Access, MySQL and Sybase to SQL Server, ...

If you’re building a Microsoft .NET network and you have an Oracle database, you should migrate it to SQL Server. It is not a question of which is better but of which one is the right tool for you. In ...

As an IT professional working for a small to mid-sized organization you are not only in charge of the servers, desktops, firewalls, routers, switches and mobile devices… you’re the chief, cook and ...

SQL Server leads the industry on security, performance, and price. And we want to prove to you that there is no equal. Move your Oracle databases to SQL Server and receive the necessary licenses of ...

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Beset by customer defections to Microsoft Corp. and open-source vendors such as MySQL AB, Oracle Corp. is making a bid to win back users by enhancing its free tools for migrating data and applications ...

Oracle has announced the general availability of Oracle SQL Developer Release 1.2 that features new capabilities to ease the migration and consolidation of third-party databases onto Oracle Database ...

The new migration service will ensure faster migration while providing a “zero risk” guarantee that allows enterprises to not pay for the entire cost of migration if expectations are not met, the ...