* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070109 12:43]: > Hi All: > > Sorry, made a few mistakes in my original post... > > We're going to be using an OpenBSD 4.0 machine to collect employee > Punch-in data and store that data in a form similar to that of a Microsoft > Access Database file. We would then like to access that data from our > mainframe via ODBC to retreive the records. > > Would you be so kind as to lend your opinion as to the best package(s) to > install on the OpenBSD machine to provide that ODBC functionality? > > Thanks in advance..... > > > > Fred >
Ah, this is a little different from your last post. It's also more a database question than an OpenBSD question. Regardless... What exactly is "a form similar to that of a MSoft Access Database file"? From memory I think an .mdb file is something a kin to ISAM. If you truly need need concurrent atomic data access, run a real database. Postgresql is in the ports tree. Teach the mainframe to speak psql and your in business. Also from memory, I think ODBC is an abstraction layer that rides on top of database specific driver implementations. I think it also is primarily a Windows affliction. Since only a mainframe and OpenBSD are involved, why incur the overhead? I stand by my first reply. Without a better understanding of your constraints and business drivers, I would keep it simple and periodically ftp a text file to the mainframe for subsequent processing. HTH, Jim
