New to coding with Powerhouse
Adam Robertson
aroberts@orange.usyd.edu.au
Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:19:21 +1000
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Hi all.
I am new to coding with powerhouse, and have been told by management that
there is not much in the way of support available. (ie, I have to work most
of it out myself)
We have Powerhouse ver 8.13d, with Interbase 4 as the database running on
Compaq Tru64 ver4.0f (on an Alpha box).
I understand that Powerhouse is no longer supported on Interbase 4.
My questions are:
1) Are there people on this list that will be able to provide me with
assistance in this enviroment?
And IF SO:
2) Does anyone know if it is possible to talk to the Interbase 4 database
with some sort of connectivity.
ie. Apparently ODBC is NOT available for Interbase 4, but is available
for Interbase 6
so maybe there is a way with JAVA or other product
(I want to populate web pages directly from the database)
3) We are looking to move to a newer database (ie a later version of
Interbase or Sybase) but apparently the older version of Powerhouse will not
operate with the newer database.
One alternative would be to move to a later version of Powerhouse as well,
but I assume that there would be major changes required to the source code
to do this.( It is possible that not all the source code is available).
Any Comments on this.
Thanks
Adam Robertson
Computer Systems Officer
University of Sydney, Orange (New South Wales, AUSTRALIA)
Phone: 02 6360 5967 Fax: 02 6360 5590
mailto:aroberts@orange.usyd.edu.au
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D008480400-12092001>Hi =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D008480400-12092001>I am =
new to coding=20
with powerhouse, and have been told by management that there is not much =
in the=20
way of support available. (ie, I have to work most of it out=20
myself)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D008480400-12092001>We =
have Powerhouse=20
ver 8.13d, with Interbase 4 as the database running on Compaq Tru64 =
ver4.0f (on=20
an Alpha box).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D008480400-12092001>I =
understand that=20
Powerhouse is no longer supported on Interbase 4.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D008480400-12092001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D008480400-12092001>My =
questions=20
are:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D008480400-12092001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D008480400-12092001>1) Are =
there people=20
on this list that will be able to provide me with assistance in this=20
enviroment?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D008480400-12092001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D008480400-12092001>And IF =
SO:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D008480400-12092001>2) =
Does anyone know=20
if it is possible to talk to the Interbase 4 database with some sort of=20
connectivity.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D008480400-12092001> =20
ie. Apparently ODBC is NOT available for Interbase 4, but is available =
for=20
Interbase 6</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D008480400-12092001> =20
so maybe there is a way with JAVA or other =
product</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D008480400-12092001> =20
(I want to populate web pages directly from the =
database)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D008480400-12092001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D008480400-12092001>3) We =
are looking to=20
move to a newer database (ie a later version of Interbase or Sybase) but =
apparently the older version of Powerhouse will not operate with the =
newer=20
database.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D008480400-12092001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D008480400-12092001>One =
alternative=20
would be to move to a later version of Powerhouse as well, but I assume =
that=20
there would be major changes required to the source code to do this.( It =
is=20
possible that not all the source code is available).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D008480400-12092001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D008480400-12092001>Any =
Comments on=20
this.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=3D008480400-12092001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D008480400-12092001>Thanks</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Adam Robertson</FONT> <BR><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>Computer Systems Officer</FONT> <BR><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>University of=20
Sydney, Orange</FONT> <FONT size=3D2><FONT face=3DArial><SPAN=20
class=3D008480400-12092001>(New South Wales, AUSTRALIA)</SPAN><BR>Phone: =
02 6360=20
5967 Fax: 02 6360 5590</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT =
color=3D#000000><FONT=20
face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"mailto:aroberts@orange.usyd.edu.au">mailto:aroberts@orange.usyd.e=
du.au</A></FONT>=20
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