On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) < [email protected]> wrote:
> Your opinions, please: > > 1. If they insist on Oracle, am I dead in the water? Nah. One of my first client-server gig was with Oracle. PITA to get configured. Install on each client is ugly, but as you say,... > But I know there is a ton > of admin -- I assume their DB admins can take care of this (?) > Yeah, they'll get a workout. 2. Ditto MS-SQL, given that I haven't touched it in 12-13 years? > Works fine with VFP. A caution for both: make sure you're using 32-bit ODBC drivers, and setting up DSNs using the 32-bit ODBC Administrator (Google for that.) Believe it or not, there are two ODBCAD32.EXE files on a 64-bit system, and only one of them is 32-bit. Because, Microsoft. 3. If Python, is Dabo worth messing with? I played with it for a couple of > weeks when "the boys" were hard at work developing it, but that also has > been a long time ago. Ed, Paul? I looked at the Dabo-users archive and > there is activity. > So, you're going to change both the front end language and the back-end database? Why not a front-end VFP app if you're going to stick with a Windows-only rich-client? (I generally think that's not the right the solution, but I'm interested in your reasons.) -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4tru6fuojdjmys2zwoakp+wftm0uw8y3hc-gf-tni7...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
