ODBC (for VMS)

[Marley, Peter]

Chris,

I have been using Easysoft's ODBC for VMS for years. Admittedly, we only use
it at the moment to export data from out RMS system to our Informix Data
Warehouse (via a second ODBC), so I cannot really comment on the CPU usage
(our jobs run over night) 

I can comment on the export tool though: I  have found the exporting of
table definitions from the PH dictionary to Easysoft's catalogue extremely
easy using this tool, so I am confused over your comment that it is
"unasable"


Peter
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Peter Marley
Data Warehouse Manager, Acco Europe
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	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Chris Sharman [SMTP:Chris.Sharman@ccagroup.co.uk]
	Sent:	Wednesday, June 07, 2000 4:05 PM
	To:	powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
	Cc:	Chris.Sharman@ccagroup.co.uk
	Subject:	ODBC (for VMS)

	The various ODBC providers (Easysoft, ConnX) seem to be fairly
actively
	marketing their products at present.

	I believe Cognos used to recommend Easysoft, but when we looked at
it, the
	tool for exporting the PH dictionary was unusable, and configuration
of the
	product was difficult (we are an IT dept, & still had our Alpha on
its knees
	& needed several support calls to get the config right).

	The product is still a CPU hog (worse than Powerhouse ;-), which may
be a
	config problem, poorly written queries, or a poor product.
Whichever, we
	don't feel we can hand it out to users at present.

	What are peoples' experiences (of Easysoft, ConnX, or other) ?
	What would they recommend ?

	Thanks,
	Chris
	
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