cszduffy@qut.edu.au (06/16/89)
I have heard a rumour that there will be a Progress ( Progress Language Corporation) front end appearing for Oracle RDBMS systems. Is this true ?? If so when will it be available ?? Will source code from Progress run unchanged on this produce ?? ( provided the tables exist )?? Will the data dictionary features be available ?? I assume this will be an additional cost ?? Even if some of the features are added to Oracle, I will be able to write a customised application, without having to spend a long time working out those horrible triggers within SQL*Forms. Thankyou for any information. Sidney James DUFFY sidney@qitfit.cs.oz Faculty of Information Technology Queensland University of Technology Australia
bruce@mdi386.UUCP (Bruce A. McIntyre) (07/01/89)
In article <3965@qut.edu.au>, cszduffy@qut.edu.au writes: > I have heard a rumour that there will be a Progress > ( Progress Language Corporation) front end appearing for Oracle RDBMS systems. > Is this true ?? > If so when will it be available ?? > Will source code from Progress run unchanged on this produce ?? > ( provided the tables exist )?? > Will the data dictionary features be available ?? > I assume this will be an additional cost ?? > Even if some of the features are added to Oracle, I will be able to write > a customised application, without having to spend a long time working out > those horrible triggers within SQL*Forms. > Sidney James DUFFY sidney@qitfit.cs.oz > Faculty of Information Technology > Queensland University of Technology Yes, Progress will run against an ORACLE database, at the same time as one or more Progress databases. This means you can connect to various databases on the fly. The only stick in the wicket seems to be the lack of support in ORACLE for a FIND PREVIOUS. The exact same code will run interchangeably against any database that is supported by Progress. There will be a run-time error if the database being accessed doesn't support some command. You can run your standard SQL queries in progress, or use the full progress language. There are a couple of minor implementation differences in the dictionary, but yes, you can have the data dictionary also. There is an incremental cost added to progress for an additional DBTool, but it is not large. This version is in beta now, and will be Version 6.0, and is due for release by the Fall. NCR and others are running it now. This makes it VERY exciting to be a PROGRESS VAR.. In fact, Progress has also committed to support for the native DB on the AS/400 line from IBM, as soon as IBM can get around to producing a "C" compiler. bruce -- ========================================================================= Bruce A. McIntyre, McIntyre Designs, Inc. VOICE(215)322-1895 143 Bridgetown Pike, Langhorne, Pa. 19047 DATA (215)357-2915 {wells|lgnp1}!mdi386!bruce bruce@wells tbit+ Unix, Xenix, Netware and PC-DOS Applications development. Specializing in Database Applications since 1980.