We are planning to migrate a third-party application from an Alpha 2100
to either a DG or HP platform. The software vendor has come back to us
and said that there is no way to transfer the database file to the new
system because DEC stores the file with an inverse bit.
It appears that the inverse bit, in the vendor's mind, will result in
data scrambling and is therefore recommending rekeying of the data.
Perhaps I missed something, but If I just ftp the file to the new box
it should be irrelevant how the DEC is storing the data since I will be
using the same database software (a MUMPS derivative) on both systems.
Can any one shed light on this, or is this just a software vendor
mistake?
Thanks,
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| Gerard M. Nussbaum gerard_n_at_ix.netcom.com |
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Received on Mon Apr 17 1995 - 08:47:35 NZST