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MySQL vs Oracle
LockedI am not an IT person, so when people begin talking about platforms and such I get lost. I currently have a consultant developing a web portal database in MySQL for a client of ours. The company I am developing it for has an Oracle platform. They are insisting we convert this to Oracle right away. The problem is that we are under a tight deadline. My consultant is not conversant in Oracle and it will really slow the project down. This is not a huge database by any means. It will be tracking results against certain performance criteria. (Less than 500 performance criteria). We are proposing that we complete the development in MySQL and then convert to Oracle at a later date? What risks do we run by taking this approach. I am certain that the change to Oracle will slow down the project by several months because internal staff responsible for Oracle will be caught up in other priorities. Can you help