IEEE Computer Society 60th Anniversary History Competition SQL and Web Code Technologies

SQL Options MySQL 5.0 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Oracle

SQL Comparison Chart FeatureSQL Server 2005Oracle 10gMySQL 4.1 Independent Performance Benchmarks 2 nd Place1 st PlaceDoes not participate - intended for small to medium sized systems Independent Analysis of Price/Performance Ratio 1 st Place - licensing is 25% the cost of Oracle UnknownDoes not participate - commercial licenses are cheaper than SQL Server Cross Platform CompatibleNoYes Fully Relational - affects data storage, retrieval and integrity Yes Somewhat - does not support foreign key constraints LanguageTransact-SQL - considered easy to use and more powerful than MySQL Dialect PL/SQL - considered more powerful than Transact-SQL but more difficult to use MySQL Dialect - difficult to use with limited power MaintainabilityEasyDifficult Open SourceNo Yes

Reasons for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 T-SQL allows for stored procedures making database calls easier and reusable Easy GUI for setting up and maintaining database Allows relational databases for speed and data integrity Great compatibility with.NET and Visual Studio Easy way to keep content up to date and expand more content over time

Web Language C#.NET Object Oriented Language Compiled Code –Increases speed –Reusability Compatibility with SQL Server Follows most W3C standards Easy development of Web Applications Mobile Web Applications easy to develop Code behind HTML code for clearer, easier to manager and easier to read code

Visual Studio 2005 Normal IDE benefits –List of properties and functions for imported libraries –Fast error correcting of syntax without compilation A easy tool to develop and manage Web Code SQL Server integration allowing creation of Stored Procedures and database development Compiles, debug and view capabilities of code