"Khedr, Waleed" wrote:
>
> Cobol! Again!:(
>
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> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 5:24 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
> I just found out today that we have a major development initiative that is
> starting and they are planning on using Pro*Cobol to develop the
> application. (my head is still shaking in disbelief!!!)
>
> So we will have a Java front-end, invoking MQ series that will go across to
> the mainframe for MQ series to invoke Pro*Cobol programs that will then do
> the processing (accessing data and doing calculations) and then return data.
>
> If anyone has been in this or a similar situation, please help.
> I need some really good arguments as to why we should put the business logic
> into PL/SQL instead of Pro*Cobol.
>
> I understand the reason we are using Oracle is that the director has 15
> years experience with it and loves it. Aaargh!!!
>
> thanks
> Babette
>
May I play the devil's advocate? Even if Pro*Cobol seems to be a weird
choice, there may be a case for not coding the logic in PL/SQL :
database portability. I have heard recently of a very, very, very big
company dumping Oracle in favour of DB2. Reason ? Cost. I guess that in
such a case, porting a Pro*Cobol program is easier than PL/SQL.
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Stephane Faroult
Oriole Software
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