Progress
Client Deployment
Guide


Connecting to a Non-Progress Database

Follow these steps to connect to a non-Progress database (ORACLE, for example):

  1. Create a Progress database. This database stores the target database’s structure as a Progress schema; it is a schema holder. A schema that corresponds to a non-Progress database is a DataServer schema.
  2. Connect the schema holder.
  3. Use the appropriate Create Schema parameter from the Data Dictionary’s database menu to create the DataServer schema in the schema holder. This parameter:
    • Creates a _Db table record (auto-connect entry) for the non-Progress database in the schema holder database
    • Connects to the non-Progress schema (through a DataServer)
    • Displays the menu so that you can choose the tables that you want to include in the Progress schema
  4. Connect the DataServer schema.

For complete information about connecting and using non-Progress databases, see the Progress DataServer guides (the Progress DataServer for ODBC Guide, the Progress DataServer for ORACLE Guide, or the Progress/400 Product Guide).


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