>The MiniSoft JDBC (Java Data Base Connectivity) driver lets any HP3000
>programmer write applications in Java to access MPE flat files, KSAM files,
>Image, and TurboIMAGE databases using standard SQL statements. It allows a
>developer to deploy a one-, two-, or three-tier database-access solution,
>providing the user with access to databases located on any HP system:

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The JDBC capability combined with an Open Source web/application server
like Enhydra from http://www.enhydra.org might provide an interesting
starting point for HP 3000 based web applications. I have only played
with it very briefly, but at least the included "Golf Shop" demo seemed
to work quite nicely on MPE/iX. So if you are not really keen to write
your own infrastructure for session management, database connection
pooling and the like, you might feel inclined to give that free software
a try...

Oh, and please report back your experience. I'd really be curious for it.
And I somehow suspect that Mike Yawn would also be happy to add some related
story (tips or warnings) to the Jazz web pages ;-)

Lars (not yet telling where I learned about Enhydra ;-)