ChrisPaulson
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DoDaDew said:Just a observation, those people who don't like Progress really don't know much about it. They sure don't belong here.
Thats not completely, I don't like Progress and I've been using it for nearly 10 years.
DoDaDew said:Just a observation, those people who don't like Progress really don't know much about it. They sure don't belong here.
Based on the comments of Progress lovers, Progress is their language of choice, and they are not truly multi-lingual. Most of us in the U.S. have to be multi-lingual to be successful. That's because the front-end, middle tier, and back-end are usually developed with different technologies - vb/.net/c++/asp front-ends, Sql Server/Oracle back-ends, and C++/Java/.net middleware. Progress does not mesh well with other technologies
cesaroll said:Progress is a very good and stable DB, but just because it has less functionality than others. I mean, why don’t we use mainframe applications instead of Windows GUI or linux or Relational DB?
Some Progress disadvantages:
Progress has a lot of limitations compared with others true Relational DBM, Progress is not a 100% Relational DB.
cesaroll said:In Progress you have to pay database licenses and then App Server licenses, etc, etc, in Oracle you only pay the licenses you need to connect and you can use stored procedures with the same license.
cesaroll said:If you are using “For Each” in all over your application instead of dynamic queries you cannot modify a table unless you recompile all your Application Server Programs or any procedure using that table.
cesaroll said:You cannot create a script to modify something in your DB, also you cannot create a new table unless no one is locking something in your DB.
cesaroll said:We have a very large application using App Server and Progress Web Client, we have to reset our servers every 15 days or we run out of free App Licenses.
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Suggest to talk to your Vendor/Progress. This would appear to be an issue with the application.
cesaroll said:The DB can only interact with other non progress DBs the same way as our mainframe applications do, using text files.
ODBC - Ok ... not a sensible suggestion
Sonic - Works for us with a XML feed
Progress data server - Never used one but ...
What would you like to be able to use?
We have a very large application using App Server and Progress Web Client, we have to reset our servers every 15 days or we run out of free App Licenses.
Database administration and reference guide:
Performing index compaction reduces the number of blocks in the B-tree and possibly the number of B-tree levels