> given the choice of MySQL, SQLServer or Oracle Express(10g)for ANYTHING
> production where I bet my business on the data, I would rank them OE,
> SQLServer, MySQL.

Funny. I never worked with OE, but I'd definitely reverse the last two.
Just try to restore a few backups with SQL Server and see how it treats
your valuable business data.

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Willem Bogaerts

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