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Subject: Access to database on IBM/MVS from UNIX ?
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Date: Thu, 27-Aug-87 05:39:16 EDT
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Background
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One of our customers are planning to build a large database on an
IBM/MVS system (this is where the disk space is), but they wish to
use a UNIX system as a front-end to the system, i.e. extract a
subset of the database (an address list, say) and process it on
the UNIX system (that is where the tools are).

Questions
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Are there any database systems that support this setup ?  I know that
ORACLE runs on both MVS and on UNIX, but can they communicate on a
higher level (i.e. share data) ?

Which UNIX systems can talk to an IBM mainframe (besides providing
'dumb' 3270 emulation on a UNIX terminal) ?  Is there any other
way to do it (i.e. let a UNIX program emulate a 3270 terminal when
talking to the IBM system) ?  


Since I don't know much about the IBM mainframe world, please provide
any information on this subject - big or small.  If you don't think
it is possible to use a UNIX box as front-end to an IBM database,
please tell me why.


TiA
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Kim F. Storm, storm@ambush.uucp (or ..!mcvax!diku!ambush!storm)
AmbraSoft A/S, Rojelskaer 15, DK-2840 Holte, Denmark.  tel: +45 2424 111