I have just run into the same problem :angry:

Minor bit of speen venting. Why on earth woudl anyone want to use Progress for modern applications! the database technology is about 10 years behind SLQ and Oracle (it just about supports SQL92 and has no query optimiser, covering indexes, optimistic locking, database usage statisics or any of the other cool stuff in modern databases). Granted the 4GL language is easy to read, but it is really hard to write OOP type code in P4GL. Even on OpenEdge10b the ODBC drivers seem to be really flaky and using them for a linked server to run direct queries always seems to be a non-starter and you have to resort to openquery()

The number of new programmers taking up the sport is low and the user community is almost non-existent. There is no Express version for new programmers to cut their teeth on so you do not get 'hobbyist' developers upgrading to employees using it.

The visual tools in ADM2 are OK, but they look and behave like Visual Studio 6 widgets.

Please Please Please for the love of God - if you are thinking of deploying a new application don't buy one running on Progress

Rant over