Mark - it really depends on what you are trying to do ... DataExpress provides a very robust solution with its ODBCLink option and supports ODBC as well as ADO and ASP access to data on the HP3000 - IMAGE, KSAM and MPE files ... you need to know how much data you are going to present at a time and how many records would you have to read to select it - a 6 million record read even with the best the HP3000 has to offer will still yield too much hourglass time. There may be security issues - in the world of open systems you still don't want "open systems". Several of the customers have combined either Cold Fusion from Allaire or MS-IIS on an NT platform to deliver webification of application data within 2 weeks ... If you want more detail, drop me a note ... Birket Birket Foster M. B. Foster Associates .. the 1-800-ANSWERS people! Supplying DataExpress w/cross-platform ODBCLink Option (16&32)( 3K,9K&NT) EC/EDI(3k,9k,NT) Phone (613) 448-2333 or (613) 448-2588 (FAX) (See our website at WWW.MBFOSTER.COM)