Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!emory!stiatl!mnopltd!neal
From: neal@mnopltd.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Progress (DOS) <--> Progress (UNIX) Portability?
Message-ID: <121@mnopltd.UUCP>
Date: 18 Sep 90 18:02:28 GMT
Reply-To: gatech!stiatl!mnopltd!neal
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->In article <80@thinc.UUCP>, ethan@thinc.UUCP (Ethan A. Lish of THINC) writes:
->> In article <530@oss670.UUCP>, tkevans@oss670.UUCP (Tim Evans) writes:
->> > Are Progress database application and data files created under
->> > UNIX (specifically, Interactive's 386/ix) portable to DOS?  That is,
->> > can I use Interactive's doscp utility to move these file from a
->> > UNIX host to a DOS host and have them be usable?  Is any sort of
->> > conversion necessary?  Does Progress itself have conversion utilities?
->
->> 	Lets talk about the "porting" effort in two stages;
->... on forever
->
->In other words, the answer is no.  You have to dump, recompile and reload.
->Which makes sense.  I know the semi-compiled programs are not portable
->between systems (or Progress versions) and I guess I would expect the same
->sort of problems with file structure.
->
->This is too bad, however as I have been in a situation where it would
->be nice to be able to copy the database and just be running.
->(Don't take this as a serious negative comment.  I am a very satisfied
->Progress user.)

Actually, it is _possible_ to share databases from one machine class such
as:
	386 unix xenix moonix whatever

	680xxx unix's

BUT it ain't recommended and Progress won't support you if it doesn't work.

LITTLE KNOWN HINT:  this doesn't mean you must buy a full development system
for each platform.   As of vers 5, you can xcode your source and a measly
run-time will compile it.

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