Actually if I may borrow a phrase ... been there done that and delivered
the product. The M. B. Foster 32 bit ODBC is already in production (since
Feb - beta'd in Jan).
 
 
We provide ODBC access to hp3000's and hp9000's.
 
A brief summary of features is as follows:
 
DataExpress is the premier data extraction tool in the HP3000 community.
It's feature set includes the following:
- data input from Image, Allbase, KSAM, MPE flat files or combinations
- data catalogs from Cognos and HP as well as our own utilities
- output to many formats including reports, Lotus-123, Dbase, etc
- ability to define and store procedures with optional run-time parameters
- comprehensive "user profile" capabilities to control who can see what
data
- tight interface to WRQ products
 
The ODBCLink option includes the following features:
- 32bit drivers delivering NOW!
- read and write access to data with specified security
- TurboImage without Image/SQL (ie uses TurboImage intrinsics directly)
- TPI support in native TurboImage
- Allbase and Image/SQL
- KSAM and MPE Flat files
- simple data dictionary facility for KSAM and MPE Flat files
- Cognos PDL dictionary support
- interfaces to Impromptu, MS Access, Powerbuilder, MS Excel and many
others
- supports serial link (hard-wired plus modem connections)
- supports winsock connections via lan
- supports serial or lan connection via WRQ PPL
 
For more information or to discuss how these tools could help you solve
your
data accessing
problems, contact M.B. Foster at 613-448-2333.
 
 
 
Birket Foster
M. B. Foster Associates .. the 1-800-ANSWERS people!
(613) 448-2333 or (613) 448-2588 (FAX)
(Thanks for your support of our 32bit DataExpress ODBCLink Driver)