Gary,

Thanks for the informative reply. My apologies for not acknowledging (sp?) sooner but I was away from my site for a while.  I
will have to find my way to the SIGALLBASE group and check it out. ( I also have a great respect for Interex having picked up
many tips from the Interac magazine).

Yout comment that the newsgroup doesn't get much traffic leads me to believe that there are not a lot of Allbase users. Is
this the case? I would think that if HP could successfully promote Allbase it would give the HP 3000 (I just can't bring
myself to use '3k' - too much like other buzzwords such as  'Information Highway' - buzz, buzz, buzz) a much higher profile as
a viable server. My recent research surprised me to discover the level of SQL compliance it uses. A good promotion may
influence more shops to reconsider any thoughts of totally moving away from the HP 3000 - especially with the amount of
software that would be tied to the platform.Anyways,
Thanks again.
Mike Patterson

> GaryBiggs wrote
> To: Michael Patterson

> > ...
> >a.      Is there a newsgroup dedicated to ALLBASE?
> .. Interex has a listserver for [log in to unmask] ...
> >b.      Can ALLBASE procedures call External functions?
> No.  ...

> >c.      Has anyone has success with Long VARBNARY storage and retrieval via

> >ODBC?
> BLOBS still need work on ODBCLINK/SE.
> ....

> >The shop has a lot of Powerhouse software running against Interbase,
> >Image and KSAM data. The push has been to get the applications moved to
> >more 'current' platform and databases - and this has generally been
> >percieved as a move to a NT server with a MS SQL server database.
>
> I have had great success with QUIZ, IMAGE/SQL and TPI / Image B-tree
> integration. ...
> > ... And who knows - maybe ALLBASE will allow the HP
> >to remain as a viable database server! ...
> Quite viable, and surprisingly inexpensive when you bundle everything
> together. No one seems to account for the cost of good backup and DBMS
> software that is bundled with MPE. JAVA and GNU C++ and the coming
> FASTTRACK server really add to the mix. Now if we could just get some work
> on the (COBOL) compilers!
>
> Gary L. Biggs, N5TTO