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Hello. We are using OpenLink to connect Progress 8.3a with Oracle 9i. If the ODBC connection is configured as follows options = -RO we get a read only connection and we are able to select data from Progress. If we remove the -RO option, one of two things happens: 1) if no one else is...

We have got it partially working. The issue was with a bad path in oplrqb.ini. We can not sit on Oracle and can read Progress tables. However, we are not able to update them. The connection is READONLY. If we issue an update statement to update a column on progress, we get an error. It may be...

We have installed openlink. We can sit on the Oracle box ; bring up openlink SQL prompt and connect to Progress. We can also tnsping the Progress box. We have defined a dblink in Oracle to the progress box. When we connect to Oracle Sql prompt and try to run a select on the progress database...

Casper, I certainly did read your post. I have passed on your solution to our Progress folks. They are chewing on it. I researched Merant driver too. It seems that Merant is now part of Progress Direct. I tried to speak to Progress Sales folks but they all are in Oralando for a week-long...

Tom, you hit it on the head. The client has not paid maintenance for the last few years. And they plan to move to SAP/Oracle in a couple of years. So right now, they do not want to pay licensing fees for the last decade. (I heard $3 mil by one estimate) So we may be stuck with the 8.3a...

I am an Oracle expert but I have never worked on Progress. So pardon this newb question. I am working on an Oracle EBS application. I have to extract some data from a Progress 8.3a database. I was told by local Progress person that I have to use flat files. And that we can not use ODBC to...