Axiant and MS SQL 7

[Robert J.M. Edis]

G'day James

If you customer needs something up and running in a hurry, then why not use
PowerHouse 8.11C instead of Axiant.  I'm not knocking Axiant, but so-called
client-server apps take MUCH longer to design, build and test than non C/S
apps.  I believe you could get them up and running in a fraction of the time
it would take for Axiant.  You can tell them it's a prototype and the GUI
stuff will come later.

PowerHouse Client would also be faster to use than Axiant and still give the
client a somewhat GUI L&F.  

There is also the PowerHouse Web option which means you can do without the
Axiant client and develop using somewhat familiar traditional PH syntax.

What are your customer's priorities?

Blue
PowerHouse consultant
Rhode Island, USA

Disclaimer:
The opinions and ideas expressed in this message are my own and have no
relationship to my current employer, Initial Technical Staffing, its client
CCI, or any of CCI's clients.



	-----Original Message-----
	From:	James B. Byrne [SMTP:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca]
	Sent:	Friday, April 23, 1999 9:35 AM
	To:	powerh-l@sphere.swau.edu
	Subject:	Axiant and MS SQL 7

	I have been seconded to one of our clients that is in serious 
	difficulty with their business systems. Essentially they have none. 

	They have made a considerable investment in MS SQL 7 and the 
	hardware to run it and the development tools to write C++ and VB 
	code but they have nothing to show for this expenditure (which now 
	exceeds several $100,000.00's)

	I have contacted Cognos regarding using Axiant to bootstrap their 
	essential systems onto the SQL servers as quickly as possible.  
	What I would like to hear from are those of you that have used 
	Axiant in production and development.  

	What I am looking for is information on how scalable this product 
	is when using NT Sever 4 and MS SQL and how well the current 
	release interfaces with SQL 7, if at all.  I am intimately familiar 
	with PH 7.29 on MPE/iX platforms and I understand that the code 
	syntax for PH8 and Axiant are very similar to PH 7.29 on HP-MPE.  
	Can anyone comment on this and point out any "yes but" situations 
	to me before I run into them in development?

	I am given to understand that Axiant (PH8) uses DBLIB for SQL 
	access.  As this has been depreciated by MS since the last release 
	of SQL 6.5 I would like to know whether Cognos has any plans to 
	move Axiant to ADO and if so in what time frame.

	Regards,
	Jim
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