It is possible to put a PostgreSQL database in substitution of a Oracle database for an app running BDE? Any tips (beyond obvious "check Oracle specific funcionality")?
if its using ODBC or something to connect to Oracle, then you should be able to use ODBC to connect to PostgreSQL.
Will the Borland TurboWhatever code run as-is? well, that depends on what its doing with Oracle. good luck.
Thanks - my thoughts, perhaps, was if someone with experience on BDE could give some light here :-) - I'm not a BDE expert myself; that's why I'm looking for help. BDE is some kind of "obscure" technology - it needs some special drivers, and I honestly don't know if it will work with pure ODBC. Even with Oracle, I had trouble because I've to install those software in certain sequence otherwise drivers are not added to Windows registry (I hate it). I appreciate your insights and your time.
Regards,
Edson
Possibly you could consider up grading to Linux first? (Not being entirely facetious!)
PostgreSQL runs better on Linux, as I suspect Oracle also does.