Loren,

Their are three methods to accomplish your objective: The first, RDBA which
you have shown in your message is very inefficient, but is also very easy to
implement. The second method is to use a  local server program that runs
from a batch job and holds the remote data base open and communicates with
your local programs via message files. This method usually works well and is
not too difficult to program because everything can be done via normal file
IO. The third and most efficient method is to build a remote socket server
on the system with the desired data base. This method requires using socket
calls, COBOL examples of these programs can be found on our web site at
www.beechglen.com.

/plug on
Beechglen provides contract programming for these types of applications at
reasonable rates.
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Mike Hornsby
CoFounder/CTO
Beechglen Development Inc
(513) 922-0509

-----Original Message-----
From: Loren Froomin <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 6:33 PM
Subject: TurboIMAGE Remote Access


>I am experiencing a performance problem when trying to
>access a TurboIMAGE DB remotely in a program.  I am
>following the Ch.9 section of the TurboIMAGE manual.
>I am using the following commands using the COMMAND
>intrinsic:
>
>remote hello user/pass.account/pass;dsline=localhost
>file dbname=dbname.group.account:localhost
>
>open the database
>close the database
>
>reset dbname
>remote bye
>
>
>The code works fine; it just takes too long (several
>seconds).
>
>Is there a way to optimize this code?  Is there a
>different way to access a TurboIMAGE DB remotely (not
>using a database access file)?
>
>The database and logon information is specified at
>runtime.  It is also not possible to expect the DB
>to be open for access across accounts.
>
>Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>
>Loren