[skinsguy]

I think there is a way, it has something to do with the database drivers of Java (which are default to use with SQL.) I'm thinking that JBoss would probably help, but I dont' know if that is extra cost or not. I haven't delt much with SQL. In fact, when I had taken a class on SQL a few years ago in college, the class was based on me reading the tutorial of Oracle. We had two online tests (which were open book) and that was all of that class! At work, we are working with some old stuff...might have been before you were born. I program in Clipper and we use the old DBU database system that comes with clipper. We use R&R Reports Writer to run reports against the dbu databases.

Basically what I am doing is programming some java on the side, and trying to figure out if my java program would be a better replacement for our client system. Since our client system is 16 bit, then as you know, it will run pretty fast! HOWEVER, I know that down the road - possibly even a few years from now, we will eventually be forced away from 16 bit applications altogether, and will be forced to only program in 32 bit and even 64 bit. I'm thinking Windows Vista might pull us in that direction, and I would like to have a decent app in the can, ready to read databases so that it wouldn't be such a headache to switch everything out (besides having to transfer the data from the DBU database to either SQL or Access.)