It turns out that a simple method does exist for repacking detail datasets
online. I have developed and tested just such a utility. Anyone interested
in alpha testing this utility for me is welcomed to apply. Just send me a
private email with the subject "ultrapak alpha test".

It is a tribute to HP s HP3000 and TurboImage products that they have
continually improved them and added features such as HMPUT, JUMBO datasets,
and most importantly DBXBEGIN and DBXEND, that make such a simple utility
possible.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Landin <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, September 09, 1997 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: Image Inefficient??



>In article <[log in to unmask]>,
>[log in to unmask] says...
>>
>>The way to perform the on-line repacking is if there was a layer of
storage
>>that existed between the database, and the incoming transaction.
Something
>>like image logging.
>>Just a thought.
>
>Based on some things I heard at HP World 97, some of the Image wizards
(they
>are beyond gurus...) are working on basically that problem, using that
>approach. They never promised they could make it work, but I personally
would
>bet $100 they do.
>
>--
>Mark Landin
>T. D. Williamson, Inc.
>UNIX Sys. Admin
>"If you take the smooth, you gotta take the rough" -- Rob Halford
>
>