• Please stop. The differences are legion. The page in question was written from an Oracle perception of SQL 2k8, and not an informed one. Usually, comparisons of DB platforms are done by people with a bias, intentional or not. This is not a surprise. DB's are now such beasts very few would ever get past the surface of more than one. I've been one of those, and bear the scars.

    As I said earlier, the details of the differences are too much for this forum. The biggest thing to remember is that for capability, there isn't a huge difference, and that it is more perception than reality.

    When it comes to migrating between the platforms, tables can be translated, and the CRUD statements are fairly similar. Just need to map various functions for aggregates and such. Complex SQL is a different story

    When you get into code (PL/SQL vs Transact SQL), there's little that's portable. Completely different approach.