| Title: | DEC Rdb against the World |
| Moderator: | HERON::GODFRIND |
| Created: | Fri Jun 12 1987 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Feb 23 1995 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1348 |
| Total number of notes: | 5438 |
CONVERTING FROM ORACLE TO RDB.......ANY EXPERIENCE?
My account, Monsanto, has spent >$4M on Oracle and is very unhappy.
They would like to convert to RdB but are not prepared to lose what
they've invested in Oracle.
I'm looking for an account who has made such a conversion and is
willing to talk to Monsanto and share their experiences. I'm also
looking for any 3rd party who has a product for this purpose/ consults
in this space/ etc.
Anybody out there able to help??
Joe Rich @ALF
DTN: 351-7069
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| 378.1 | Why drag along the extra baggage? | HOTAIR::DAVIS | Uh Oh...another Balloonist.. | Tue Jun 27 1989 23:43 | 15 |
Joe,
Just a guess, but wouldn't trying to do a quick-as-possible conversion
bring along a lot of those Oracle features which they don't want?
Seems to me that in most cases, 3gl/decforms would outperform just
about anything Oracle has to offer...
Just a few thoughts to get some dialog going....this is an interesting
note.
Cheers,
Gil
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| 378.2 | DWOVAX::BROWN | Thu Jul 06 1989 21:22 | 24 | ||
Regarding note 378.0, I'm looking for about the same thing; though
the customer wants it to, preferably, be someone in the NY City area and
also someone using Rdb from the financial sector.
The customer is Prudential-Bache, and they are currently using Oracle, and
looking to switch to Rdb for cost reasons. I was called in to provide some
technical backround on Rdb. However, they wish to use SQL, which I have
little backround in, and in our version specifically, even less. Also,
I'm finding it to be a difficult situation since the DBA of the group
seems most against going to Rdb (basically, because he would have to become
a true DBA) and I'm getting frustrated on how to place Rdb against Oracle
in their situation, its rather a strange idea they have on what
a relational database is, but that's another story.
So, if someone knows of a customer who has gone thru an Oracle to Rdb
"conversion" and/or even a customer in the finacial arena who uses Rdb
and loves it, I'd be most appreciative to hear and talk to them too.
Thanks,
Kate
@DTN 338 - 5548
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| 378.3 | Check NewsBooth III, #11 | HGOVC::DEANGELIS | Tie me rickshaw down sport | Fri Jul 07 1989 07:38 | 9 |
The latest Newsbooth (Vol III #11) talks about a migration tool
"Smartstar Migration Tool" which will alow a user to "port" from one
relational database to another - even the SQL is transformed. Also
another tool is mentioned for conversion from Oracle to Rdb in
that same article.
Michael Booth might have more info on this.
John.
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| 378.4 | Heathen down on the farm.. | DWOVAX::BROWN | Fri Jul 07 1989 16:22 | 6 | |
What, (asks the software hick from Dela-where[?]), is Newsbooth (Vol III
#11) and where does one find Vol I, let alone Vol III???? :-)
Thanks.
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| 378.5 | DBS Marketing | AKOV12::HAGGERTY | GIA SWS Database Support | Fri Jul 07 1989 21:09 | 3 |
Send mail to Mr. Booth at QUILL::BOOTH and I'm sure he'd be more
than happy to edit his distribution list to add your name. And maybe
even point you to a few back issues...
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| 378.6 | Try Here | QUILL::BOOTH | What am I?...An Oracle? | Fri Jul 07 1989 22:33 | 4 |
The NewsBooth is available in the notes file
BROKE::DB_COMPETITIVE_HELP.
---- Michael Booth
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| 378.7 | Latest info! | SUBWAY::WANG | Mon Jan 21 1991 17:44 | 10 | |
Colorado's Center for Migration Services has a conversion program that
converts ORACLE databases and applications to Rdb/VMS. The contact is
Tom Koski.
The conversion is accomplished using a Third party called Trifox
(please refer to Trifox notes). The different between Trifox and
Smartstart is Smartstart will not convert the SQL*FORMS triggers,
which is about 85% of the application.
Jay Wang
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