Relational Database Usage survey

Dear friends

I am conducting a survey on Relational Database usage and would like
your help. The study is part of my MBA Dissertation.

Could you kindly spare 5 minutes to take part in this survey?

http://FreeOnlineSurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?id=120816

Thanks
Rajeev

Rajeev  wrote:
> Dear friends
>
> I am conducting a survey on Relational Database usage and would like
> your help. The study is part of my MBA Dissertation.
>
> Could you kindly spare 5 minutes to take part in this survey?
>
> http://FreeOnlineSurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?id=120816
Comment: Under your locked in discussion you are missing the perhaps
most import point of all: Migration Cost
This has everything to do with dialects in the interfaces without
judging "superior features, ..."

Cheers
Serge
--
Serge Rielau
DB2 SQL Compiler Development
IBM Toronto Lab

Thanks Serge. Appreciate the input. I agree I did not provide a
comprehensive list there. That is why I had the Other entry to provide
any additional input.

Regards
Rajeev

Dear friends

If you are filling this survey and saw any errors suggesting that all
answers were not completed, please accept my apologies.

This is because all answerable questions need answers for all the
parts. Sorry for the inconvenience. Having an answer this way helps
with the statistics (even if it is a Don't know for a particular
question). I promise that the whole survey should still not take more
than 5-10 minutes in all. If you had tried to fill the survey and did
not because of any errors, please could you retry.

Thanks
Rajeev

Rajeev  wrote:
> Dear friends
>
> If you are filling this survey and saw any errors suggesting that all
> answers were not completed, please accept my apologies.
>
> This is because all answerable questions need answers for all the
> parts. Sorry for the inconvenience. Having an answer this way helps
> with the statistics (even if it is a Don't know for a particular
> question). I promise that the whole survey should still not take more
> than 5-10 minutes in all. If you had tried to fill the survey and did
> not because of any errors, please could you retry.
>
> Thanks
> Rajeev

Rajeev,
here is a useful link,
http://www.newsforge.com/pollBooth....=mainpage&aid=1

Serge Rielau  wrote:
> Rajeev wrote:
> 
>
> Comment: Under your locked in discussion you are missing the perhaps
> most import point of all: Migration Cost
> This has everything to do with dialects in the interfaces without
> judging "superior features, ..."
>
> Cheers
> Serge

My biggest complaint with respect to the survey is that the worst rating
possible is "average". Leaves no room to indicate the product is
substandard ... or worse.

What makes me most pleased about the survey is the fact that the author
actually took enough interest to post to c.d.o.marketplace instead of
spamming us. A rare occurence and worthy of note.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan@x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)

How important do you see are the following aspects of a database to your
organization?

Performance
Scalability
Security
Manageability

You left out two extremely important factors:

Reliability
Support

Mark A  wrote:
> How important do you see are the following aspects of a database to your
> organization?
>
> Performance
> Scalability
> Security
> Manageability
>
> You left out two extremely important factors:
>
> Reliability
> Support

And lets add Stability while we are at it.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan@x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)

Thanks Michael.

DA Morgan  wrote:
> Mark A wrote: 
>
> And lets add Stability while we are at it.

how much does Oracle cost these days ?