Hi! (newbie)

Hi all!

Im new to this Oracle thing...

My company deals in automobiles (sales/spares/service) and has huge amounts of data stored on AS/400 and Paradox (Netware).

My company has:
1.) Paradox running on Novell Netware interfaced by Delphi applications residing on the Netware server, accessed by Win'95 (Novell Client) users who access these applications through a share to this directory.

2.) Everyday in the morning, some application is run to update the mainframe (AS/400) with the data in the Paradox database.

We have plans to:
Migrate the Paradox part to Oracle 8i which will run on Linux. The same old Delphi applications will reside on the Linux server, Win'95 users will have a share to this directory on the Linux server. About the connection to the mainframe...I dont really know about the gateway services right now..

Can someone tell me:
a) Is this *ok*?, what are *all* the possibilities here? b) Should we re-write the Delphi applications in VB 6/Developer 2000 or something else?
c) Advice on where to start my reserach on this whole thing?

Thanks,

Awaiting a reply. (I'll post any email replies here ?)

Steve Faleiro
steve_goa_at_hotmail.com Received on Sun Nov 12 2000 - 14:03:05 CET