Chris, Wow, tell us how you really feel.
Less age is getting the better of me ISAM (indexed sequential access method) tables are used by a few different DMS such as Informix. ISAM was original developed by IBM. It allows data access sequentially or randomly via indices. Anyway, are you asking if MySQL can simply use the .ISM files from this other OS? To the best of my knowledge, ISAM files are stored in a OS' native language - the ISAM files are not platform independent. MySQL Specific: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/ISAM.html Regards, Adam -----Original Message----- From: Chris Nolan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 9:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ISAM....the name sounds so familiar.... Hi all, One of my clients has two applications running on SCO OpenServer (I said a naughty word...oh dear...) boxes. Personally, I have major personal and professional problems with this current arrangement and am trying as quickly as possible to move them away from these ancient things. Interestingly, both of the applications in question (written in COBOL for reasons I fail to understand) both mention ISAM storage engines when starting. Is there any relationship here to the storage engine MySQL uses as it's default? I'm just looking for an easy way of pulling this data out should it be needed for whatever reason and would prefer to do it with a proper database, written in a proper language, running on a proper operating system (preferably running on a proper server platform, like an x86-64 box). Regards, Chris -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
