Comments on: SQL SERVER – What is Your Favorite Database? – Poll Continuous

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Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:35:34 +0000

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By: rohit

rohit — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:01:52 +0000

what size USB drive is it?

By: Steve Rezhener

Steve Rezhener — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:59:23 +0000

Brian/Cyril,

Absolutely agree with both of you – this poll may need to be renamed to “Are you satisfied with your SQL Server?”
Read the first sentence of this page – absolutely hilarious
“I have published ->SQL Server PollFavorite Database<-?”
It’s like kind of reminding you which one is the favorite one in case that you forgot :)

No offense Pinal.

By: Brian Tkatch

Brian Tkatch — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:41:09 +0000

@Cyril

“Judging from the audience this website caters to… What else could we have expected?”

I think Pinal is asking people who use SQL Server. Which has two groups. One, those who use it exclusively. Two, those who use others as well.

For those who use it exclusively, it says they are happy with what it has and have no need to look elsewhere. For those who use others as well, it gives a better showing. In both cases, it states whether SQL Server can do the job, and i think that is what Pinal is after.

By: Cyril Gupta

Cyril Gupta — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:21:08 +0000

Judging from the audience this website caters to… What else could we have expected?

This poll surely can’t be taken as a reflection of the realities (the broad-based preferences).

Thanks though