Cognos WEB

[Whittall, Conrad]

I tend to agree Arthur, but you have to weigh the cost of the ODBC driver
against the cost of the RDBMS license and the effort to migrate the data and
applications :-)

Against that you have the drawbacks such as limited performance which you
mention (although that might not be an issue on a "lightly" used web site),
and the fact that the ODBC drivers force you into treating your
non-relational data as though it was actually in a relational DBMS --
meaning that any redefinitions, substructures and arrays that you might use
today will simply not be available any more.

My own personal preference would be to "bite the bullet" and migrate to a
relational database. As I said, just my own personal preference.

Best regards, 
Conrad 

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Kogan, Arthur(50 Pitt) [mailto:akogan@westpac.com.au]
> Sent:	Sunday 25 July 1999 8:50 PM
> To:	Whittall, Conrad; powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> Subject:	RE: Cognos WEB
> 
> Yes, but ODBC drivers for RMS are rather pricey and would probably be a
> bit on the slow side.
> 
> Arthur Kogan
> Westpac Financial Services
> Sydney, Australia
> 
> My views are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of my
> employer.
> 
> 
> 	-----Original Message-----
> 	From:	Whittall, Conrad [SMTP:Conrad.Whittall@Cognos.COM]
> 	Sent:	Saturday, 24 July 1999 4:46 AM
> 	To:	powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> 	Subject:	RE: Cognos WEB
> 
> 	Conversion to any relational DBMS from non-relational storage such
> 	as RMS files or TurboIMAGE databases is a non-trivial task :-)
> 
> 	Of course, if you want to stay with your non-relational data on
> 	your trusted mid-range system and try PHWeb on Windows NT (to get
> 	a feel for what it can do ) you can use an ODBC driver at the PHWeb
> 	Windows NT end to access the data on your OpenVMS, MPE/iX or even
> 	OS/400 server.
> 
> 	Best regards, 
> 	Conrad 
> 
> 
> 
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