Progress OpenEdge RDBMS
Progress Software | Progress OpenEdge RDBMS 12.8.1 (Mar 2024)Linux/Unix, Amazon Linux 2023 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Suit for any env
What do you like best about the product?
Database structure, brokers and performance
What do you dislike about the product?
License model, pricing clustering and technical tips
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
To achieve quick response and higher data writing
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It os good in replication mode, clustering on linux may the issue .
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Its quite easy technology to learn and use it . Also concepts are easy to understand .
What do you like best about the product?
its embedded database worlds wide. Also self tuning capabilities. Transparent data encryption.
What do you dislike about the product?
Its duplication of indexes. Indexes can be slowdown the processes.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Multiple scenarios like creating multi machine screens etc
It is a nice programming language, but it has some little flaws
What do you like best about the product?
I liked a lot that the Database and the language coexist on the same IDE, you don't need to open third party IDE for Database and programming, also, as how it has evolved, it doesn't have anything to envy to the most used languages as java since it has been adding new features.
What do you dislike about the product?
The graphic interface for the Database features, if I need to choose, I prefer using code than the graphic interface
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
When I was working with it, it was like any other language, I consumes web services, and created enterprise software
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Give it a try, is something you need to try before you can make your mind to use it or not
Best productivity for business software
What do you like best about the product?
OpenEdge has the good tools to be productive for developing business software. Its ascendant compatibility makes it good for durable software. It has also all the tools to develop modern software, a performant application server (Pacific) and integration with the latest technologies.
The RDBMS has nothing to envy to more known ones; furthermore it does not need a DBA constantly monitoring it. You can often forget the database for years without the need of one.
Also the ABL language (like stored procedures in SQL or the old SQL*Forms, but updated to more modern standards) is quite easy to learn for newcomers in the team, provided they are a bit curious. On the other side it allows for complex things, has (almost) all the modern object oriented support you need.
The RDBMS has nothing to envy to more known ones; furthermore it does not need a DBA constantly monitoring it. You can often forget the database for years without the need of one.
Also the ABL language (like stored procedures in SQL or the old SQL*Forms, but updated to more modern standards) is quite easy to learn for newcomers in the team, provided they are a bit curious. On the other side it allows for complex things, has (almost) all the modern object oriented support you need.
What do you dislike about the product?
Being quite a little "niche", there is not the same amount of documentation, tutorials or feedback to be found on internet as some concurrent technologies have.
Nor are there many libraries you can choose from (apart some open source, and a few commercial solutions like pdfInclude - equivalent to iText for Java - to generate pdf files), not many pure ALB solutions are available, making the integration of 3rd party libraries sometimes cumbersome.
This makes the discovery of new functionality a bit difficult sometimes. But this is covered by a good technical support. Also the OpenEdge ABL virtual machine lacks the performance of some competitors, which only shows in algorithm intensive processes (the database having a very good performance).
Finally I find it a pity they have moved their GUI stuff to maintenance mode, which pushes us to the web or .Net frontends, thus making necessary to have more skills in the same team.
Nor are there many libraries you can choose from (apart some open source, and a few commercial solutions like pdfInclude - equivalent to iText for Java - to generate pdf files), not many pure ALB solutions are available, making the integration of 3rd party libraries sometimes cumbersome.
This makes the discovery of new functionality a bit difficult sometimes. But this is covered by a good technical support. Also the OpenEdge ABL virtual machine lacks the performance of some competitors, which only shows in algorithm intensive processes (the database having a very good performance).
Finally I find it a pity they have moved their GUI stuff to maintenance mode, which pushes us to the web or .Net frontends, thus making necessary to have more skills in the same team.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are maintaining some applications deployed worldwide, having a long history, and still on the edge to this day. We are also developing new ones, with the latest technologies.
OpenEdge Review
What do you like best about the product?
Openedge is a very friendly language, easy to follow and understand yet powerful with a fast and efficient 4GL database.
What do you dislike about the product?
Since the release of classroom editions it has opened it's doors to a wider audience, it's a shame it took so long for this to happen but is a welcome addition to those wishing to learn the language. A more diverse training regime including more YouTube or social media outlets for learning would be a welcome addition.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Within the retail sector, we use OpenEdge to solve a wide and diverse range of problems, from simple reporting to more complex solutions to automate the business in the face of the Covid19 pandemic. OpenEdge has proved invaluable in facilitating this transition without too many hurdles, allowing us to react fast to resolve issues surrounding working from home and reporting by email.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Try the classroom edition and speak with existing user in the OpenEdge community, always best to ask those that use the product.
Progress 4GL is unique
What do you like best about the product?
Progress DB is one of its kind.
You can develop full stack apps on progress
You can develop full stack apps on progress
What do you dislike about the product?
Need to remember everything for coding
Hard programming
Hard programming
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Mostly the GUi application helped clients in there businesses
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Please spread use of progress so it can grow easily
Progress OpenEdge for Enterprise High-Volume Applications
What do you like best about the product?
It handles the transactions, locks, concurrent user, large-volume of data without bothering the developer.
What do you dislike about the product?
- The outdated Interface it had provided.
- Compiling everything even after a small DB change
- not being able to do DB hot fixes
- Compiling everything even after a small DB change
- not being able to do DB hot fixes
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have heavily used its amazing capabilities of handling large amount of data and concurrent users in a large ERP system. When I do my coding I have to consider only the customer requirement and the program solution for it. OpenEdge manages the rest of the things behind the seen.
If you have properly set up and managed your DB server environment it can handle any amount of data volume and retrieve them in milliseconds.
The OpenEdge ABL gives you freedom to write your business logic in simple ways. Therefore you can focus on the solution without researching how to write it.
If you have properly set up and managed your DB server environment it can handle any amount of data volume and retrieve them in milliseconds.
The OpenEdge ABL gives you freedom to write your business logic in simple ways. Therefore you can focus on the solution without researching how to write it.
It is more structured and easy to learn and develop enterprise software applications.
What do you like best about the product?
It is robust and requires less time to develop software applications.
What do you dislike about the product?
Would be great if it can offer more helpful resources on knowledgebase website.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Able to develop enterprise web and desktop based software applications that helped the client's business automation.
Progress OpenEdge is one of the most safest and secure database systems.
What do you like best about the product?
I liked the support interface it had for support consultants users. Also for developers it had various tools to help in the developments. More importantly the database was encrypted and secure from unauthorised end users.
What do you dislike about the product?
Too many interfaces too chose from, Clutters the screen. This is specially for the developers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Double entry Health Care investigation.
Working with Progress Openedge software products since 2006.
What do you like best about the product?
Its an all in one package where you can use Openedge database with 4gl programming to create/build your application. The Openedge RDBMS provides excellent performance and is easier to manage.
The RDBMS is as comparable to Oracle database as I worked on both.
The Progerss 4gl programming language is easier to learn and can be used to develop real world financial and manufacturing application.
The RDBMS is as comparable to Oracle database as I worked on both.
The Progerss 4gl programming language is easier to learn and can be used to develop real world financial and manufacturing application.
What do you dislike about the product?
The Openedge RDBMS although comparable to Oracle didn't get its desired market share and still is a niche technology.
In terms of technology Progress took time to make OpenEdge database product to be at par with Oracle RDBMS.
In terms of technology Progress took time to make OpenEdge database product to be at par with Oracle RDBMS.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use it for financial applications and manufacturing ERP to provide customer a robust ERP solution.
We used Openedge replication tool to create a real time Disaster recovery and found this product very useful setting up stand-by server for disaster recovery.
Progress Webspeed is used to enable 4gl and Openedge database for web based applications.
We used Openedge replication tool to create a real time Disaster recovery and found this product very useful setting up stand-by server for disaster recovery.
Progress Webspeed is used to enable 4gl and Openedge database for web based applications.
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