RE: Import taking over 24 hours

You are correct, and part of it is to prevent us from leaving....although it 
will take more than that to stop me if I finally get to that point, I am 
just not in a position staff wise or resources to migrate everything over 
yet.....long term that is the plan (3 years).


On Mon, 9 May 2005 15:56:46 -0230, RPower wrote
> That is so stupid.  I hate vendors like that.  I can understand the 
> source being locked down but the bloody file layouts?  I mean, what 
> harm could come from that?  Unless I'm being naive here however. 
>  What would happen if you needed to do a conversion to a new system? 
>  You have no idea of what the old system entails?  Sounds like bad 
> business practice.  Almost makes you want to leave that vendor 
> doesn't it?
> 
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> No, that's what I am trying to get or at the least, the file layout 
> so we can extract the data directly.....
> 
> On Mon, 9 May 2005 11:50:48 -0500, Bob Cozzi wrote
> > Do you have the COBOL source? You could simply "read" it and create 
> > your own RPG IV "D" specs from it.
> > 
> > -Bob Cozzi
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> > If everything is under control, you are going too slow.
> > - Mario Andretti
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> > On Behalf Of Douglas W. Palme
> > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 11:06 AM
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> > Subject: RE: Import taking over 24 hours
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> > Part of the problem is the files are a cobol stream file and we do 
> > not have the file layout, the vendor that wrote that program is 
> > unwilling to provide us with that information....I am trying to 
> > negotiate a deal with them for the info, but so far they have 
> > claimed its proprietary.
> > 
> > On Mon, 9 May 2005 11:15:16 -0400, Jon Paris wrote
> > > Why not access the RS/6000's file system through the IFS route and 
> process
> > > the flat files directly with an RPG program?  Why waste time going 
> through
> > > tab delimited etc?
> > > 
> > > Jon Paris
> > > Partner400
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> > > www.RPGWorld.com
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