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in thread Seeking advice to fix an app that I have no control over

Well, I stand corrected. I naively assumed that it was running on a database. But good to hear that it will port over to Oracle 9i eventually. Unfortunately, the timeline that this will occur on is outside of my timeline at this university. And I'm wondering why the switch to J2EE? CGIs can be just as good (if not better) at the same task, and since they have already started with them... wouldnt it be prudent to continue?

Thanks for all the help / Advice!
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by dorko (Prior) on Feb 25, 2002 at 07:14 UTC

    And I'm wondering why the switch to J2EE?

    I don't know the answer to that. If I had to take a guess, I'd say it's so that they do a true rewrite of the code base. Switching languages forces that. Staying with Perl, someone might try to reuse code and there's lot's of Perl 4-isms and such that are best avoided...

    ... outside of my timeline ...

    From what I gather, the new WebCT is in internal Alpha right now. I'm guessing that'll be followed by a limited Beta and then a general Beta... But then again, at one point I was told the new version would be out by Q1/Q2 of 2001 ... :-) (Standard disclaimers apply - I don't work for the company etc. etc. - if you realllly want something beyond educated guesses, contact an account rep.)

    Cheers!

    Brent

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