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Resolved Oracle 18c - Appeon PowerBuilder 2017 R3 Build 1880

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  1. Aaron Anbu Johan Abraham
    Aaron Anbu Johan Abraham
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  3. Tuesday, 10 December 2019 16:37 PM UTC

Hi Appeon team,

 

Currently we are using the version Appeon PowerBuilder 2017 R3 Build 1880 with Oracle 12c.

Recently Our company planning to upgrade oracle 12c to Oracle 18c.

Could you please let us know, whether Oracle 18c will support for our current PowerBuilder 2017 R3 Build 1880.

 

Thanks,

Aaron

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Olan Knight
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  1. Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:37 PM UTC
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Are there Oracle-specific function you need in your application?

If not, then why on Earth would you want to upgrade to 18? The licensing fee for Oracle 18 is INSANE! In comparison, Oracle 12 gives you the identical RDBMS functionality at a fraction of the cost.

For a good summary of Oracle and it's pricing:
http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_licensing_pricing.htm

 

Later -

Olan

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Armeen Mazda @Appeon
  1. Armeen Mazda @Appeon
  2. Wednesday, 11 December 2019 17:41 PM UTC
I think at least for some people the driver (no pun intended) is to be on a supported version to minimize risk and not get fired if something goes wrong. After all, your data is arguably the most valuable thing about your IT systems. I think this is why Oracle is not scared in how they price things.
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Olan Knight
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  2. Wednesday, 11 December 2019 23:51 PM UTC
Fair enough. If the company can afford the prices that Oracel charges, then they are doing well. :)



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Armeen Mazda @Appeon
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  1. Tuesday, 10 December 2019 16:42 PM UTC
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Oracle did some big changes in 18 so there will be some problems if you upgrade.  Our team is working on making an MR for PowerBuilder 2017 R3 to address this if you want to stay with an LTS (long-term support) version or you could upgrade to PowerBuilder 2019 R2, which is tentatively scheduled to release March 2020.

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