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From: lb@capgsb.be ( Luc Bomans )
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Upgrading Tower/650 Unix + Oracle
Message-ID: <1990Dec10.154239.16216@capgsb.be>
Date: 10 Dec 90 15:42:39 GMT
Organization: Cap Gemini Sesa Belgium, Brussels, Belgium.
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(This message already appeared in comp.sys.ncr. Maybe the database
specialists can provide me with additional info ? )

We have a NCR Tower 650 with two 380 MB SCSI drives
running the following software:
- Unix Rel 02.01.01
- Oracle v5

We are planning to do an upgrade to:
- Unix Rel 03.00.00
- Oracle v6.0/TPS

We have a rather big application existing of:
- Data Entry (Oracle SQL*Forms)
- Batch jobs (mostly Oracle Pro*C programs)

If we decide to do the upgrade, we will need to put a lot of
effort in changing our existing application software.

Now the big questions:
- Is it worth the effort?
- What are the biggest advantages in the Unix upgrade (I heard something 
  about Fast File System, is it really fast :-)? ) ?
- Is Oracle v6 stable ( bugs, problems, ...) ?
- Is the new language tool PL/SQL interesting ?
- Any other tips and tricks (AOTT) ? 

Some slightly related questions:
- Does there exist an ANSI C compiler for Tower 650 with Unix Rel3 ?
  If so, did anyone use it with Pro*C ?
- Does there exist a C++ compiler ? Problems? Did anyone use it with Pro*C ?
- Hardware: Can we still fit a third SCSI disk in the Tower/650 cabinet?
  Or can we upgrade one of the disks to a bigger one ?


You see, a lot of questions. Even if you now only an answer to one
questions, please e-mail it to me. I will keep a summary and post it to this
newsgroup.

Thanks a lot,

Luc Bomans (lb@capgsb.be)
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