Visual FoxPro has an upsize wizard that can go directly to Oracle. It would still be a lot cheaper to keep it in FoxPro over the cost of Oracle.
-----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 12:45 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Dennis: Foxbase was originally called 10-base before Fox Systems change the name. Foxbase was changed to FoxPro and then purchased by Microsoft and called Microsoft FoxPro, and then Microsoft Visual FoxPro. I would highly recommend investigating the MSFT solution. Sorry guys, but this is a realistic solution. Oracle, for eight users, will probably cost too much for the implementation. If you need to convert to Oracle, do the following: 1. Convert to FoxPro 2. Bridge Visual FoxPro to SQLServer and use the Data Transformation Services (DTS) to migrate the data to Oracle. Thank You Stephen P. Karniotis Product Architect Compuware Corporation Direct: (248) 865-4350 Mobile: (248) 408-2918 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.compuware.com -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 12:09 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Foxbase to Oracle Hi All - We have a small application that was written in Foxbase under DOS. While it runs fairly well most of the time, the management wants to migrate it to a windows-based application. We are open to any mainstream application and database solutions at this point, although our budget is very tight and this application has only about 8 users max. My question is - does Oracle provide a good tool for migration from Foxbase? This is a small application and have only about a dozen tables, my main challenge would be the application code. If Oracle turns out to be too expensive, what is the least expensive, least painful migration path? Another attractive option seems to be Visual FoxPro, which I know little about. I want to bounce it off the list first before we make the choice. TIA Dennis Meng Database Administrator Focal Communications Corp. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named addressee only. It contains information that may be confidential. Unless you are the named addressee or an authorized designee, you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you received it in error please notify us immediately and then destroy it. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Karniotis, Stephen INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Shaw John-P55297 INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
