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    From Hydrogen@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 11 20:11:28 2022
    Hello!

    I am trying to access legacy databases (MUMPS and COBOL) through TCL.

    I hope to build a reading interface to explore and export it, and perhaps some component to expose it to a broader system.

    Lots of sensitive medical data.

    Any idea to start?

    Thanks.

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Apr 12 03:54:53 2022
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Hydrogen <[email protected]> wrote:
    Hello!

    I am trying to access legacy databases (MUMPS and COBOL) through TCL.

    I hope to build a reading interface to explore and export it, and
    perhaps some component to expose it to a broader system.

    Lots of sensitive medical data.

    Any idea to start?

    Thanks.

    I implemented a Tcl interface to the GT.M Mumps database by using the
    the C interface. It wasn't too difficult. A lot depends on the interfaces offered by your version of Mumps. COBOL, I dunno. If there's a C library
    for calling into the COBOL, you may be OK, but there's no generic answer.

    The care for the data itself is a legal issue with whatever internal rules
    your company adds on top of that.
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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  • From The Rickster@21:1/5 to Hydrogen on Mon Apr 18 21:21:59 2022
    On Monday, April 11, 2022 at 8:11:30 PM UTC-7, Hydrogen wrote:
    Hello!

    I am trying to access legacy databases (MUMPS and COBOL) through TCL.

    I hope to build a reading interface to explore and export it, and perhaps some component to expose it to a broader system.

    Lots of sensitive medical data.

    Any idea to start?

    Thanks.
    What M database engine do you wish to access (Cache, FreeM, MiniM ...?)
    Are you a MUMPS programmer that is capable of writing a tcp client app in mumps that would reside on your target M database system.
    We have done this several ways; but need more info to be of any help.
    Rick

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