I'll second Ken's opinion. We converted our application from D3 to UniData about 10 years ago. We converted approx 30 clients. Everybody was really happy. You just have to look at some things differently.
No slight intended here Bill but I believe you did this all with the PE version and no IBM involvement. This no doubt added to the pain. Of course, an on the ball IBM rep *should* have contacted you... I know you've told me about the world of difference in support you've been getting from MS with VS and SQL (though you didn't say if you actually purchased those ;-) You also seem "pushed" from D3 rather than "pulled" to UniData - that might also be part of the issue. When we converted we had a UniData account UCONV3 on aix that had a number of utilities that I believe we used. I have documentation on it in my UniData manual (circa version 3.6.5?) but haven't seen anything on it since. Perhaps IBM should get on top of this before Tony convinces everyone to move to Jbase ;-) In Bill's defence: UniData does have a Pick compatibility mode - note I said Pick and not D3. It doesn't have some of the "enhancements" done in the last 15-20 years - like still needing quotes around item id's in UniQuery statements. Also UniQuery's sub-totalling on det-supp reports leaves something to be desired. We converted our app to SB+ at the same time as moving to UD. It insulated us from a number of the issues that Bill encountered. It "forces" you to use Pick compatibility mode - I wonder if that is going to change now that IBM no longer supports SB+ on D3? That being said - I wouldn't go back unless someone paid me (anybody!?!?! Heck, I'll even work with Visage if I have to ;-) Way too much for this early on St. Patrick's Day! Colin Alfke Calgary Canada >-----Original Message----- >From: Ken Wallis > >Bill Haskett wrote: > >> > How difficult was the move - was it all green screen with source >> > code or more difficult? >> >> It wasn't that difficult. The biggest problems were UniData is like >> interfacing with Microdata in 1982...it's a time warp! The UniData >> environment is excruciatingly tedious and the lack of MV >enhancements >> is what I'd expect from mvBASE (an end-of-line product). > >It sounds like you feel exactly the same about UniData as I >did about D3 when I spent a few months contracting at a D3 >shop - antiquated stuff, how can anybody work with this when >xxx is so much better? > >I'm not sure which MV enhancements you mean, but I suspect the >issue is really one of adapting to looking at things from a >different perspective. > >Cheers, > >Ken ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
