[Cementjungle]

I've worked with MSSQL, Oracle, Informix and others such as IBM's DB2 over the years.

I think MSSQL is very reliable, performs well and has some great development tools... it's my first choice these days for high-performanace database work.

[RKV]

“I think MSSQL is very reliable, performs well and has some great development tools... it’s my first choice these days for high-performanace database work.”

Yeah, I work with it everyday, in a totally MS shop, and I find data integrity - row locking type issues every day. Oracle was solid when I worked with it before this company. And the application development platform was better. Of course, every Mohatmas in India thinks he knows how to code C# now. Not the case btw.

[Paradox]

I used SQL server 2005 for quite some time in the Federal Government. I really liked it, it was robust, secure, and relatively easy to develop on. Combined with VS, it was a piece of cake.

I never got any certs in SQL server, I might just go for my SQL 2008 cert, see if it opens any new career opportunities for me.