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Re: SQL commands *into* Optigold

From: Shawn Hogan
Date: Monday, November 4, 2002
Time: 10:59:31 am

Steve Lok wrote:

> My question is this - we've been using Optigold happily for the last 2
> years, and one of the main draws was the ability to use SQL to interface
> between Optigold and other systems. Now that we're ready to move on the
> project, it's become clear that we need the ability to control Optigold
> (mostly inserting new customers, adding billing cycle items
> automatically, etc.) from an external office intranet (via SQL). I
> didn't see any mention of this ability (only SQL *out*) in the manual,
> and the search through the lists is unclear. Can you give me a
> definitive answer on this? If SQL is not available, am I stuck with
> resorting to the importing/exporting of text files?

It's possible if you set it up as an ODBC data source... Although doing so
is completely, 100% not supported on our end, as if you are inserting and
updating into the tables, it would be very easy to break things if not done
properly. So you would be on your own when modifying the tables directly.

- Shawn

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Shawn D. Hogan
President, Digital Point Solutions
http://www.digitalpoint.com
(858) 452-3696


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