RE: Multiple Related Databases

Any way don't you have those conversion issues now as well. Both the
companies might be using the same customer, vendor etc numbers. So you will
have to do conversions any way do it now or later it is up to you.

-----Original Message-----
From:   owner-bpcs-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-bpcs-l@midrange.com] On Behalf
Of Bill Robins
Sent:   Wednesday, January 13, 1999 2:14 AM
To:     BPCS-L@midrange.com; Midrange Discussion List
Subject:        Multiple Related Databases

(I am sending this message to both the BPCS list and the Midrange list,
because
it may be applicable to other situations others have experienced in a
non-BPCS
shop.)

We recently acquired another company, which we want to convert their system
to
BPCS 4.0.5CD.  My plan is to start them out with their own database, but in
the
future their data would be merged with ours into a single database.

My question is this: Since the plan is to merge the data at some point in
the
future, setting up the data so that it will not conflict when merged would
be
desirable.  There are customers and vendors that both company's share for
example, that if they had different numbers while in separate databases
would
need to be converted so the data could be joined when the data merges.  One
idea
floating around my head would be to put a common library above the library
list
of each database that would contain certain files that would be shared
between
the two.

Example:  Instead of RCMxxx sitting in BPCSFC1 -and- in BPCSFC2, it would
sit in
BPCSFCX that is higher in the library list than C1 and C2.  It would not
exist
in either C1 or C2, but only in CX.

Anyone tried this?  Does it sound feasible?  Should I see a Psychiatrist?

Thanks,
Bill

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