Cyndie,

          Yes, DATATOOLS is an alternative but it requires us to have
          to purchase yet another product to accomplish the task. It's
          cheaper to buy additional DASD to back the SYBASE DB to, and
          then pick it up with ADSM.

          GEMSTONE is an object oriented data base.


          Thanks ... tom


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Date:    4/26/96 1:42 PM


Tom,
Where can we get the utility 'ADSMPIPE'.
>> ADSMPIPE comes with the latest ADSM database redbook, SG24-4335.  I
>> recommend you get it that way so that you have all of the surrounding
>> documentation.  However, it is also on the ITSO ftp server:
>> almaden.ibm.com in the SG244335 directory.  There is an adsmpipe.tar
>> and a read.me file.

When will the API be supported by Sybase?
>>ADSM development is still working with Sybase to get their native tools
>>to support the API....nothing is officially announced.  A better
>>alternative is still DataTools SQL-Backtrack because it provides
>>more functionality than the native sybase dump utilities.

Are you planning on supporting GEMSTONE anytime soon?
>>I don't know anything about gemstone.  What is it and where does it run?

Thanks,
Cyndie Behrens
IBM - ITSO San Jose
cbehrens AT vnet.ibm DOT com
408-927-3627