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On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Gavin Flower <gavinflo...@archidevsys.co.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 > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general >
