Re: Best tools and platform for ORACLE

        I doubt you will get a executable to run on a PC as a bit mapped application and on a

        normal "vt100" clone terminal. Terminal Emulation in conjunction with Bit mapped

        applications on a PC is usually what people do.

        But be warned, if you do go for Oracle's new range of PC based development tools

        DEV2000 Windows for Workgroups is a waste of time, it has terrible memory leakage

        and GPF's all the time.NT or 95 is your best bet with a minimum of 32Mb RAM.

        Not sure about Oracle 8 and OpenVMS.

        As far as Migrating from Cobol, Oracle do have a product Pro*Cobol which allows embeded

        SQL in Cobol programs. You could migrate and stick them through the pre-compiler before

        compiling as normal. Unsure about timescales, I've never been fortunate enough to have

        programmed in Cobol, only C and C++.

                Mark Harvey.

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> From: ROMAN[SMTP:roman.barachini_at_radecepapir.si]
> Posted At: 09 December 1997 09:57
> Posted To: tools
> Conversation: Best tools and platform for ORACLE
> Subject: Best tools and platform for ORACLE
>
> We have OpenVMS (ALPHA) and SUPRA1 (CINCOM) database. All our programs
> are
> developed with COBOL for terminals.
>
> We intend to buy ORACLE databese and some development tools. We are
> not
> sure about platform (ALPHA-OpenVMS) and which tools are the best on
> the
> market now.
>
> We have about 60 terminals (RS232) and 15 PC-WIN95 (UTP). We think to
> build
> applications for terminals and PC-GUI (because we can not rebuild
> necessary
> communication infrastructure right now).
>
> 1. Which development tool is proper for building applications that can
> run
> both on terminals and PC (not terminal emulation)? Is this possible?
>
> Our local ORACLE distributor told us that ORACLE have Developer and
> Designer that are capable for that kind of applications. I have doubt
> about
> that.
>
> 2. Is OpenVMS "good enough" OS for ORACLE8? Which one do you
> recommend.
>
> 3. Is it better to keep terminals or to migrate all applications to
> PC?
>
> 4. Can ORACLE8 and SUPRA1 coexist on the same server?
>
> 5. We have cca. 1.7 mio lines of COBOL programs. What is the best way
> to
> migrate to ORACLE. Can 5 people do such work in 2 years?
>
> 6. We have line printers (FUJITSU) and we use code page 437(you know -
> fanny character which the rest world don't use). I am worried how
> would
> they print characters in diferent code page in ORACLE. Do you have any
> experience with that problem?
>
> Thanks
>
> Roman
>
> roman.barachini_at_radecepapir.si
> www.radecepapir.si
>
>
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