Re: Querying ISAM files

> >Has anyone succeeded in using SQL under SE to query ISAM files used by > a >Cobol application? ... Snip ... > I have done it with files using c-isam from a C application. I too had > trouble with numberic fields. I ended up defining all numerics as > integers or floats and copying the isam files over the top of the > database files that I set up. I do this every time. Just a straight > copy. Works fine! Yes, C-ISAM maybe. But these are Microfocus Cobol ISAM. To be honest I'm surprised that I get it to work with the CHAR columns. Unscrambling the COMP-3s would be really nice. akent@cix.compulink.co.uk (Andy Kent) ------------------------------------------------ Freelance Informix Database Specialist, Redland, Bristol, England