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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=328370722-15112005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>We had quite a turn out a John Kaster yesterday, which
would suggest the (Auckland) community is still there... However yes, most
of the existing crowd seems to be well experienced (but not nessarily
Guru).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=328370722-15112005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=328370722-15112005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The Delphi Community is probably not getting smaller, but
Im also not sure how well advertised the list is, so some of the newer converts
may not know about the list at all......</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=328370722-15112005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=328370722-15112005><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=328370722-15112005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Jason</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> James Sugrue
[mailto:jamessugrue@xtra.co.nz] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 16 November 2005
10:40 a.m.<BR><B>To:</B> 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi
List'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [DUG] migrate app from firebird to
informix<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I can’t help with this,
but your other comments…<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have been thinking
about this too. I think that a fair number of people have moved to .NET (I admit
to using C# a lot), but also I think that the people who use <st1:place
w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place> now are pretty much high to guru level, so don’t
need much help anymore. The list is relegated to one off questions of an unusual
nature.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Back in the day
<st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place> was new and exciting and people were
learning what it could do etc, so of course there would be more traffic. I guess
it does highlight the fact that there are either – not many new people to
<st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place>, or not many new people to the list (or
both).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thoughts?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>tracey<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, 16 November 2005 10:23
a.m.<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">NZ Borland Developers Group - <st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place>
List</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
[DUG] migrate app from firebird to informix</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi all in (what is left of)
Delphi-land<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have been asked to investigate the
possibility of migrating my cgi-app from firebird db to Informix Dynamic Server
9.4<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">While I am trawling the net for
info, is there anyone out here who has experience of the differences between the
two and how they would affect my app?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">From what I can gather I will need
to go to dbExpress. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> I am currently using
IBDatabase, IBQuery, and IBTransactions to manipulate my data. At a quick
look it looks like all my Db code will have to be
changed.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Any further tidbits of info are
welcome. (This could even breath some life into nzDUG
list)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Have a great day
all<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tracey<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><EM><I><FONT face=Verdana color=#ff0080 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ff0080; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Vision without
action is a daydream.</SPAN></FONT></I></EM><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><EM><I><FONT face=Verdana color=#ff0080 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #ff0080; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Action without
vision is a nightmare.</SPAN></FONT></I></EM><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><BR>
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