Peter Chong after Bill:

> Hi, Bill
> Would you like to use new windows style tools ?

> My Answer for
> 1. Use schema editor from Minisoft to redefined data source
> as you like to see.
> 2. ODBC/32 with Access 97 link table with IMAGE or
> Query Save file(SDF) and run MS access query ....

>  with HP3000 query ???

> Frankly, HP3000 side do not have fast extraction tool..

Sorry, the above is wrong:   Supertool, QueryCalc, and any
number of custom NM programs will on the average beat the
pants off any PC query method.  note I did NOT say that ODBC
performance cannot be pretty good in some cases;  we run
production 32-bit ODBC reports and so far performance is
acceptable to pretty good.  But especially host-based tools and
report writers like the above that use MR NOBUF access will
almost always have a performance advantage over ODBC that
ranges up to order-of-magnitude and then some....

With the advent of TurboIMAGE intrinsic B-Trees, even good old
IMAGE QUERY can do some pretty slick selects;  use it all the
time.....

Ken Sletten