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Paul Koufalis
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1. Squirrel: squirrel-sql.sourceforge.net/ 2. OpenEdge Explorer is the DB Admin Console but most non-Windows database deployments simply use the command line tools. They are quite easy to master. Newer versions of OpenEdge have more and more DB Admin Tools in OE Explorer. 11.1 is REALLY old and probably doesn't have that much. 3. The Progress ABL is Progress' language and is much more than PL/SQL..but the analogy is ok. No code runs "inside" the database other than Java stored procedures. All Progress ABL code is executed by one of the many clients: prowin32.exe for Windows; _progres[.exe] is the character client; _proapsv[.exe] is the AppServer agent. With 11.6 you should have quite a few tools in OE Explorer for playing around with the database. Do you want to acquire DBA skills or programmer skills? For programming, Progress offers a one month super-intense boot camp at their offices in Atlanta. The price is essentially free: $1000 IIRC. If you want to acquire DBA skills, you can take one of the DBA classes at Progress but you may be better off working with a company like ours (White Star Software) as we can train, mentor and support you within the context of your environment. Contact me offline if you want more information. Regards,
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