Yes, because of delivery delays in my SMTP gateway, my previous
summary of the suggestions I had received about my AIF:PE question
did not include several "subsequent" messages.  Among these were
Scott Gavin's recommendation of Quest's Netbase product and Stan's
suggestion (complete with sample code!) to dynamically load the DBGET
call.  I am glad to hear the technique Stan described has worked well
for you.  This is probably the course I will pursue.
 
I am most gratified to see the volume and quality of the responses
that this rather esoteric topic generated.  I now have a variety of
alternatives to consider, as well as details about things to watch
out for if I decide to "roll my own" solution, all within a couple
hours of my original post.  Thanks so much to all who have
contributed to the discussion, and TIA to anyone who has anything
further to add.
 
John Schick
Manager/Technical Support
Times Mirror Higher Education Group
 
>>> Winston Kriger <[log in to unmask]>  5/8/96, 05:41pm >>>
You may have missed Stan's alternative to dynamically load the DBGET
call from within the DBUPDATE handler.  This works very well, and I
have used this technique sucessfully in several different products
(one very similar to yours).  Stan even included an example.