Leonard S. Berkowitz wrote after I wrote:
 
>QUERYNM has been around for a while, 4.0 I think is when we noticed it.  HP
>recommended that we not do on 4.0 what you are suggesting.  What do you
know
>that has changed?
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>>
>>Almost overlooked something after our new 959KS
>>went online today:  Even after installing Express-3
>>release of MPE (C.50.03), the QUERY in PUB.SYS
>>is still CM.  You have to RENAME or PURGE
>>QUERY;  then  RENAME QUERYNM,QUERY  to
>>get native mode.
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Confess I don't recall ever hearing that HP flat out
recommended not doing this even on 4.0, but from
your experience obviously someone did.
 
I can't speak for the Database Lab, but I certainly
got the impression from the RC that turning
QUERYNM into QUERY is now fully supported.
Maybe someone from HP would like to comment ?
 
Also note that RC told me this is the only file HP
sends out in this catagory, where you have to do a
PURGE/RENAME plus RENAME to get NM.
 
Ken Sletten