I might be able to help you, but I would need to know what tools you have. Do you use QUIZ? What modules of ASK are you using? OMAR, MFG? I usually send my data in fixed format to my HPUX and use Sybase utilities to load the Sybase database. I extract with various tools including QUIZ and SUPRTOOL. ----------------------------------------- From: Matt Wu <[log in to unmask]> Organization: Symantec Corporation Subject: ASK on HP3000 To: Multiple recipients of list HP3000-L <[log in to unmask]> 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). 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. 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. 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