Current desktop application is developed using PowerBuilder version 9 with Oracle 9.2 as a back end. Now I need to migrate the back end Oracle to 11.2.0.2. From Googling I found PowerBuilder 9 is no longer supported. Is it possible to connect to Oracle 11.2.0.2 with PB 9? Kindly let me know if I can migrate the same application to higher version of PB like PB 11?
If you look at this response from Terry Dykstra you'll see your options under PB9 are:
the O90 driver, ODBC, OLEDB or JDBC
As for migrating to a higher version, migrating to higher versions of PB are typically comparatively small efforts (but no guarantees), assuming you have all the source code.
You mention upgrading to PB11. Keep in mind that PB11 also is no longer supported. Sybase (now an SAP company) typically supports current and previous major versions (with some overlap), so right now that means 12.5 and 12.0.
Good luck,
(another) Terry
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I am configuring several Windows 10 systems that will need to reliably connect via ODBC using system DSNs to both Progress version 9.x and Progress version 10.x databases.
I have been told by one of our IT staff that interfacing with Progress versions 9.x servers require the OpenLink ODBC client software, while interfacing with Progress 10.x requires the OpenEdge ODBC client software.
I am not completely confident that this is true, but I have not been able to find any authoritative documentation citing version compatibilities between these technologies/products. Can someone please direct me to information about the compatibility between these products, pertaining specifically to versions of these products?
It was version 8 that required OpenLink.
Version 9 is unspeakably ancient and version 10 not much better. The current release is OpenEdge 12. ODBC options for v9 should include Progress/Datadirect ODBC since the SQL-92 engine was introduced in that timeframe. Documentation for such things is going to be very, very sparse.
Progress' current ODBC documentation: https://www.progress.com/odbc/openedge might get you started though.
OpenLink does also support v9 and they have some documentation here: http://wikis.openlinksw.com/UdaWikiWeb/MigratingFromSQL89ToProgress10SQL92Connectivity
In the Progress 9 windows client, there is a 32bit ODBC driver for Progress 9. However, if the program you are trying to connect to Progress from is 64 bit, this will not work directly.
We have succeeded in using an old 32bit version of SQL Server as a tunnel, creating SQL Server views on the Progress database and querying these views using a SQL Server ODBC driver from the 64 bit program.
It's messy and awkward, and I wouldn't want to vouch for the robustness of such a solution, but if this is only a stopgap then perhaps it may help.
OpenLink provide Progress SQL-92 ODBC Driver for version 9.x, 10.x & 11.x and can provide such connectivity to both 32 & 64 bit Windows applications, see http://wikis.openlinksw.com/UdaWikiWeb/InstallProgress92LiteWin32 ...
I would like to know the functionalities affected when upgrading from 11g to 12c. For example, using WM_CONCAT in 11g works whereas its incompatible with 12c. What are the other functions / features of 11g not supported in 12c.
The ostensible question is a duplicate of How do you find out about deprecated features in a new release of Oracle?
But the real issue is that WM_CONCAT was never an officially supported function. It doesn't work in earlier versions in Express Edition or in any version where the Workspace Manager component was removed. (This is partially Oracle's fault for waiting 30 years to include an official aggregate function, which forced people to look for alternates, but you still have to pay the price.)
The best solution is to replace WM_CONCAT with LISTAGG. Some people create a custom function named WM_CONCAT but that's probably not a good idea anymore. Oracle 12.2 introduced some nice new features to LISTAGG. You'll want to migrate the code eventually, you might as well do it now.
Currently oracle 9.2i database was migrated to oracle 11.2g, we din't face any issue in migration, but is it possible to make oracle 11.2. to behave backward compatible to oracle 9.2 by modifying system parameter.
You may be able to set the COMPATIBLE parameter to 9.2.0.. That wouldn't make Oracle 11g act completely like 9i, but it would come as close as possible.
Few months back I saw TeraData Express Edition. I have no idea of this beast. I want to know whether it still comes with Express Edition and whether it is a good idea to use this database for Windows based mid-sized apps.
It really depends on what you want to do with this application. From an application perspective, a great weakness of Teradata is that it does not support read committed transaction isolation. If you are attempting to use Teradata as an OLTP database, then you might want to try something else. If you are using it to crunch numbers, then yes, go with it. The one issue is that Teradata Express Edition is not supported that well. Express edition is essentially a snapshot of the database for a certain release. If you find and report a bug, it will take a long time for you to receive a fix. Teradata only releases the express editions once per db release. However (imo), if you buy the real version, you will receive a pretty quick patch which will be rolled into the database software.
I use teradata in my technical support work. I work on database middleware, and Teradata is one of our supported data stores. Define mid-sized? 1-200 transactions per second? I'd stand ANY commonly used database up against that. 10000 tps? Maybe not - maybe you go to the enterprise edition.
I've heard somewhere that LCDS is no longer baked in into CF9, and LCDS Express will be phased out, is that true?
If I were to start a new CF8.01 + LCDS Express 2.6 project, what are the risks? Should I abandon that plan and go for BlazeDS instead?
Thanks.
For the record:
ColdFusion 8 shipped (as part of the installer) LCDS 2.6 Express. LCDS Express (free) is no longer available so it is not shipped with ColdFusion 9. However, ColdFusion 9 still supports the same level of integration w/ LCDS as in ColdFusion. The only difference is the installation process. Of course, without a free edition of LCDS, you would be required to purchase a production license.
ColdFusion 9.01 (codenamed Sully) will have full support for LCDS 3.1. It's scheduled for release in mid-2010.
-Adam
Henry just informed me of this thread and showed me the articles on FB4's "Data Management". Forgive my ignorance at this time as I need to carefully read them not just skim them, but I'll chime in briefly.
It sounds to me that FB4's "client-side data management without having to use a server at all" is semantically clear as mud. How does an individual client manage data as "LCDS Data Management" feature does? (Who's on first?). Sounds like they are being implied to be the same. What about NIO, RTMP, Conflict Resolution, server-to-client Pagination, Lazy Loading, etc?
Given the near complete overlap in jargon, and analogous implementations, I think Adobe should be VERY clear regarding the difference. I suppose its in Adobe's best interest to differentiate LCDS Data Management proper (the money feature) from FB4 Data Management (the freebie) if it wants good selling points for LCDS customers.
AFAIK, LCDS 2.6.1 full installer runs as unlimited version for 120 days, and then reverts to the Express Edition 1-CPU (a.k.a. Single CPU Edition) thereafter. If you are already running LCDS 2.6.1 as Single CPU Edition as a standalone server you can connect ColdFusion 8.0/1 and ColdFusion 9.0 to it via RMI by checking the CF Admin boxes under Enable Remote LCDS Access. However, if you have the LCDS 2.6.1 Components for ColdFusion and a full LCDS 2.6.1 server bits lying around, then you can use it to configure both ColdFusion 8.x and ColdFusion 9.0 for an embedded version of LCDS (where they both run in the same JVM and do not need RMI to talk to eachother). I have LCDS 2.6.1 working in embedded mode with both CF8.01 and CF9.0.
Additionally, regarding "LCDS Express (free) is no longer available", it may be true that you can not download it off Adobe.com anymore, but if you already have it then Adobe won't retroactively change your EULA.
How are you specifically planning to use the Data Management? Flash Builder 4 includes the ability to do client-side data management without having to use a server at all. CF also gives you the ability to do online/offline synchronization and datamanagement with CF and AIR.
LCDS 3.0 has some interesting functionality that goes above and beyond data management but if you're looking at basic data management you might want to give one of the two options above a try.
=Ryan
ryan#adobe.com
To use LiveCycle Data Services ES
2.6.1 with ColdFusion 9, you need to manually install it after completing
your ColdFusion 9 installation.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/Installing/WSB53CBD63-A21C-4f31-8F3E-700AE45A026E.html
Nice, LCDS still supported.