Henry H Hood ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: I've read that HP is port JAVA to the HP3000.

: Has anyone heard anymore on this subject, and has there been any timeline
: estimates given.

The JDK is at alpha sites now.  I believe the official marketing timeline
is 'first half 1997' for official release; unofficially, I really hope
we'll be ready to release by the end of this year.

: I'm expecting and hoping the use of JAVA will enable me to access all of my
: HP data files (KSAM, Turbo Image, and Flat Files) from PCs connected to my
: internal network.

Well, sort of.  JAVA doesn't know anything about any of the MPE data files,
although people may use JAVA on the 3000 to develop class libraries (or
packages) to access these types.  The Java DataBase Connectivity (JDBC)
add-on will allow Java programs to access files via ODBC, but this
isn't giving you any access to 3000 files that you don't have with
ODBC alone.  I wasn't clear from your statement above if you thought
Java was going to give you new capabilities you didn't have before,
or if you just want to use Java as the way to access existing ODBC
functionality.

: I know there is an ODBC driver for Image/SQL but I havn't heard of a driver
: for KSAM or the Flat Files on the HP3000 or a direct ODBC to Turbo Image
: data bases.  Does anyone know of any other ODBC drivers?

The ODBCLink product from M.B. Foster Associates provides ODBC
access to KSAM & flat files.

Some folks on this list are also working on 'ADBC' drivers,
which will be used instead of ODBC to provide faster, native
access to TurboIMAGE databases from Java programs.

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