Re: ISQL forms on NT?

Lynn Giles - Platforms wrote: > > We are planning on using either SE or Workgroup server on NT. Currently > there is no ISQL for NT. We have over 200 UNIX ISQL forms and reports > using which query as well as update. We need to port these to NT as > quickly as possible. > > Has anyone had to convert UNIX ISQL forms/reports to NT to either > NT SE or Workgroup server? If yes what did you use? > > Regards, > > Lynn Giles > -- I just had to add my 2 cents worth, having seen what a lively discussion this is. I agree with many who say stay with what you have. You may want to ask why you are moving to NT. And why the "quickly as possible"? Is the building on fire? Microsoft could soon experience the supernova Apple went through. As hard as this is to imagine, if they don't adopt a more open orientation, they will soon be left behind. NT 5.x will be Active Sloth, so I wouldn't be too eager to jump on this bandwagon. MS has a lot of security holes to patch, and not just with the OS. Any company that is seriously considering NT better look at the long term implications of this decision. You might be stuck with NT 4.0 for quite a while. I'm looking at my conversion plan to convert my NT box into a UNIX platform. UNIX will use the memory a whole lot better, and the GUIs are coming. You may want to read the new netscape theology posted today at home.netscape.com. It outlines much of what the future of the computer environment is going to be, which may help form some of your ideas. If the total environment Netscape shows comes out in the near future, you'd have to ask why would you even need an MS product. They have a calendar server which replaces Schedule+, all they really need is a spreadsheet and a better HTML word processor, and MS would be totally out. So your idea to move to NT could be a very short-term idea. You could retain your investment in UNIX, and save the grief NT will give you. You could stay with UNIX for now, and think about a web conversion, or other client/server solution. By the time you get the conversion done, what will the future computing world be like? Will your conversion be the correct choice? Long term thinking should be your guide. ISQL has served you quite well, and was a great long-term choice, the next one should be just as good. ( Netscape has a new product, Constructor by the way, which is a lot like Visual Cafe. Not that your choice should be Netscape, but think "open system". Hope this is of some goodness... :-) Tim Schaefer tschaefe@mindspring.com http://www.mindspring.com/~tschaefe