>Hi Troops,
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>Well, my friendly PowerBuilder associates have asked me to post a question for them. Just goes to show that even they're impressed with the depth and quality of information that can be gained here. Since this will affect me in the future (as I migrate to a backend server), I'm concerned as well. Anyway, here goes...
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>Currently we're running Sybase System 11 under Novell 4.x and have been having some problems. As a result, we're considering the following:
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>1. Changing OS platforms to either an NT or Unix box.
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>2. Change altogether to SQL Server under NT.
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>Any suggestions? Preferences? Are there any known migration problems? Any known stability problems under these?
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>TIA,

SQL Server 7.0 is REALLY cool. Much of it is COM enabled and you can access that from your application. Running it on NT4.0 should handle anything you're trying to do. VFP makes a great front-end in either a 2 or 3-tier design.