It goes much deeper than that. I haven't followed the M/SQL mapping stuff for a long time. Last time I looked at it it did not handle every possible M file structure possible.
Unless you wanted to rewrite hundreds of thousands of lines of code that access the database (directly or through FM APIs) you'd have to write some kind of low level abstraction layer that would intercept global commands from MUMPS and hand them off to the foreign database. At 06:01 PM 6/14/2006, Kevin wrote: >For VistA? I believe this has been tried a variety of ways, and has >failed. Standard relational databases don't have a subfile/multiple >concept. > >Kevin > > >On 6/14/06, Will Yonker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The thread on portability got me thinking. How difficult would it be to > > use an external database like PostgreSQL, MySQL or Oracle? _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
