I have used the ADBC drivers to create several Java applications.  The first
was series of CA-MANMAN transaction Classes which were fronted ended by a
third party Shop Floor Control System, the second was a stand alone
executable that retrieved data from the CA-MANMAN Quote System and produced
a Microsoft Word Document, which can then be printed, faxed or emailed to
the prospective client.
The ADBC drivers were designed with simplicity in mind.  No prior knowledge
of TurboImage/SQL or SQL is needed to use the drivers as the TurboBuffer
Class provides many methods to access your TurboImage database, KSAM files
or flat files natively.  The calls are simple and straight forward and with
a few simple examples an experienced Java Programmer can be accessing data
from the HP3000 very quickly.
In contrast to getting the Microsoft Word Classes to work properly, I spend
days experimenting before I had any success.
If any one is interested, we will be producing Java Applications to print
Quotes, Invoices and Sales Order Acknowledgements from the CA-MANMAN System.
If anyone has any other questions feel free to contact us directly.

Henry Petersen
The Business Systems Group, Inc.
6 Stony Point Road
Oakland, NJ   07436
(201) 405-1336
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [<mailto:[log in to unmask]>]On
> Behalf Of Shawn Gordon
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 2:39 PM
> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: ADBC vs. JDBC
>
>
> has anyone ever looked at ADBC? How does it differ from the JDBC drivers
> available from HP and MiniSoft? I know the original idea was for it to
> natively access Image. I don't know if the HP one does, but supposedly
the
> MiniSoft JDBC driver works like their ODBC driver, so it hits
> Image/KSAM/MPE files natively without going through a gateway.
>
> We have some web stuff we are trying to proof of concept, and are trying
to
> decide what to look at.
>
> thanks,
> shawn
>