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>I've been given the challenge of extracting data from an ASK system running
on
>an HP 3000 which runs MPE.  I've found that trying to get the data we'd
like
>out of the system can, at times, be very difficult (to put it lightly).
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>Ideally, I'd like to be able to extract the data that we need from the
system
>and dump it into an Oracle database (our needs are for reporting only --
I'm
>not trying to create a OLTP system on my own). Then, as more information is
>entered into the ASK system, download changes on a nightly basis.
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>Due to my extremely limited knowledge of how ASK, MPE, or anything on the
HP
>side of this equation works, I'm currently limited to runing reports,
sending
>them to disk (which is more difficult than it sounds), and sending them to
a
>local computer where they are then parsed.  I'm sure there is a better way
to
>do this, but, as I said, my lack of knowledge limits my choices.
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>Does anyone have any suggestions on how we might accomplish this?  If not,
>does anyone know where I can find out some (hopefully not too much)
>information about ASK and MPE?
>
>By the way, is there a FAQ for this group?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Matt
>
 
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Matt,
 
I'm not sure I really understand your question.  But, I think you
are stating that getting data out of an ASK database is difficult
and that you need to generate reports from that data.  Have you
looked at the DataExpress product supplied by MB Foster?  It lets
you generate adhoc reports from Image databases, disk files, KSAM
files, etc., including data fields in ASK formats.
 
Jeff Brown
JF_Brown