Re: Transparent exchange BDE from Oracle to PostgreSQL

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On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz
> wrote:

> On 03/02/14 01:18, Edson Richter wrote:
>
>> Em 02/02/2014 04:24, John R Pierce escreveu:
>>
>>> On 2/1/2014 4:26 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 02/01/2014 03:26 PM, John R Pierce wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2/1/2014 3:18 PM, Edson Richter wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It is possible to put a PostgreSQL database in substitution of a
>>>>>> Oracle database for an app running BDE?
>>>>>> Any tips (beyond obvious "check Oracle specific funcionality")?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> what is BDE ?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borland_Database_Engine
>>>>
>>>
>>> if its using ODBC or something to connect to Oracle, then you should be
>>> able to use ODBC to connect to PostgreSQL.
>>>
>>> Will the Borland TurboWhatever code run as-is? well, that depends on
>>> what its doing with Oracle. good luck.
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks - my thoughts, perhaps, was if someone with experience on BDE
>> could give some light here :-) - I'm not a BDE expert myself; that's why
>> I'm looking for help.
>> BDE is some kind of "obscure" technology - it needs some special drivers,
>> and I honestly don't know if it will work with pure ODBC. Even with Oracle,
>> I had trouble because I've to install those software in certain sequence
>> otherwise drivers are not added to Windows registry (I hate it).
>> I appreciate your insights and your time.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Edson
>>
>>
>>
>> Possibly you could consider up grading to Linux first?
> (Not being entirely facetious!)
>
> PostgreSQL runs better on Linux, as I suspect Oracle also does.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Gavin
>
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