NT - Unix portability

Hi folks... I may be posting in the wrong place, but here goes.
We're developing a web application and our development platform
is NT but the app and database will eventually run on a Unix
box. Does anyone know whether there are any portability issues
with PL/SQL scripts -- if we do all our development on the NT
platform, will we be able to easily recreate everything on the
Unix platform? If so, how? If not, any suggestions?
Our database is (or will be, when I work out how to configure
everything -- another thread methinks) Oracle 8. Development
platform is NT4.0, and the live platform Unix Ultra250 box will
be running Solaris 2.6.
TIA
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Fiona (guest) wrote:
: Hi folks... I may be posting in the wrong place, but here goes.
: We're developing a web application and our development platform
: is NT but the app and database will eventually run on a Unix
: box. Does anyone know whether there are any portability issues
: with PL/SQL scripts -- if we do all our development on the NT
: platform, will we be able to easily recreate everything on the
: Unix platform? If so, how? If not, any suggestions?
: Our database is (or will be, when I work out how to configure
: everything -- another thread methinks) Oracle 8. Development
: platform is NT4.0, and the live platform Unix Ultra250 box will
: be running Solaris 2.6.
: TIA
Hi Fiona,
you should have no problems. We develop on Solaris and deliver on
Solaris & NT making. We use a lot of PL/SQL procedures being
called via JDBC. I simply export the schema from the Solaris
instance and import it into the NT one. It works "out of the
box",
HtH
Phil
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___ \ X / ___
\ X X / Crosskeys Centre Peter Kelly
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I created an entity bean in windows and sql server using iplanet and forte. How can I export it to aix unix if it has sybase and iplanet ready?

<i>I created an entity bean in windows and sql server using iplanet and forte. How can I export it to aix unix if it has sybase and iplanet ready?</i>
You don't have to do anything at all! That's the benefit of Java.
For example, in iPlanet if you use iasdeploy (or Forte) to deploy to an iAS server you don't even have to know if the destination server is Windows, Solaris, or AIX. You just give the instance name or the host/ip.
Caveat: Of course its possible to write non-portable code by using JNI or by making assumptions about the file system. But it doesn't sound like you've done anything like that.
David
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/076454909X/qid%3D1014048522/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F0%5F1/103-0245424-1390212

NT - Unix portability

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