Showing posts with label Oracle versus MySQL Classes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oracle versus MySQL Classes. Show all posts

Monday, September 28, 2009

Oracle Versus MySQL Classes

I'm always being asked what is the difference between Oracle classes and MySQL classes. What are the similarities and what are some of the differences? So I thought I'd jot down a few notes.

Course similarities:
Oracle Classes
MySQL Classes
Oracle Database 11g: Introduction to SQL
MySQL for Beginners
Oracle Database 11g: Introduction for Exp. SQL Users
MySQL for Developers
Oracle Database 11g: SQL Fundamentals II
MySQL Developer Techniques
Oracle Database 11g: PL/SQL Developer
MySQL Stored Procedures Techniques
Oracle Database 11g: Administrator Workshop I
MySQL for DBAs
Oracle Database 11g: Performance Tuning
MySQL Performance Tuning
Oracle Database 11g: RAC Administration
MySQL Cluster

Notes on some differences:
Oracle RAC (MySQL Cluster), PL/SQL (MySQL Stored Procedures), Streams (MySQL HA) have a lot more depth and complexity than MySQL equivalents.
MySQL does not have a class for MySQL Enterprise Monitor (Oracle Grid).
MySQL has PHP class, while Oracle has Java, Fusion Middleware, APEX and Forms developer classes