Our POS system used to, back in the day, use cobol sequential indexed files. Now that it is "windows based" they still use cobol sequential indexed based files but as btreive files that if structured right, are accessed through PSQL.
http://ww1.pervasive.com/documentation/techpapers/pdf/WP1106C04_DatabaseMigration.pdf Mark A. Lappin, CCNA, MCITP: Enterprise Administrator | Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry Director of Information Technology 11314 Cloverland Ave | Baton Rouge, LA 70809 Ph: 225.291.9094 ext 245 | Fax: 225.368.3675 | Mobile: 225-362-2770 www.lmfj.com <http://www.lmfj.com/> [http://www.lmfj.com/images/lmfjsig.gif] ________________________________ This communication is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of this communication . From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dustin Puryear Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 2:05 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [brlug-general] COBOL on IBM pSeries I know someone that has some old COBOL sequential-indexed files (database) that they want to import into a SQL Server. Clearly it would be more akin to a CSV import into tables than a straight import. Anyone have experience with this? Contact me at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Managed IT for Business and Government ** Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" ** http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/
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