Re: Thoughts on MF COBOL, Unix, and RDBMS

"Rene_Surop" <infodynamics_ph@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>> SQL Server doesn't run on Unix. Why are we talking about Unix? I'd do
the 
>> file conversion
>> on Windows, using MF or Fujitsu Cobol. There are many Windows tools to 
>> load a database.
>> MSQUERY is one that everyone has because it comes free with Excel.
>>
>
> I guess Pete is converting (or processing) a UNIX-based Cobol platform
> using a C-ISAM file or maybe a MySQL data into a Windows-based Fujitsu
> Cobol (using MS/SQL server).

No,  not quite, but for commercial reasons I can't go into details here.

Certainly, we are looking at moving a  fairly large C-ISAM based
application 
running in a Unix environment, onto a relational Database.

I have tools I wrote that can do this, but they are intended for the
Windows 
environment. I'm trying to *****s how much mdification the tools will
need, 
or whether I can do this without modifying them, maybe by using a
different 
strategy than I have in the past.
>
> This is sometimes done if you have VMWare running on UNIX emulating a
> Windows-based platform.... once converted in Windows, then it can be
> 'totally' be used in Windows OS.
>
> This is quite a very good example of rightsizing. Nice thoughts here.

Certainly there have been some nice thoughts from Richard and Robert and I

appreciate their contributions.

Thanks also for your positive comments, Rene.

Pete.
-- 
"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."