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From: tac@sei.cmu.edu (Timothy Coddington)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.databases
Subject: comm procedures to communicate with dbms
Keywords: communication,dbms
Message-ID: <4502@ct.sei.cmu.edu>
Date: 16 Oct 89 15:35:29 GMT
Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University (Software Engineering Institute), Pgh, PA
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	I have a database application that has to have some communication
	capability.  Basically, there are two separate PC systems, both
	running a dedicated Dbase application.  They need to share data over
	comm line made of modems and phone lines.

	The question I have is this, what commercial or PD software is
	available for performing the comm function.  I want the interface
	to the comm s/w to be programatic (procedures I can customize and call, 
	w/o user interaction).  True, serial i/o is simple and it could be
	easily and quickly written, but I want to use a more standard transfer
	protocol, such as Xmodem/CRC, Kermit etc.  Something that will handle
	retransmission etc.

	Note that the "data" may not necessarily come from a file.  I'd also
	like to send a given number of bytes from a particular address in
	memory.

	I greatly appreciate any information that helps me solve my
	problem.

	Thanks in advance

	Tim Coddington  tac@sei.cmu.edu  (412)268-7712
					      244-8557