The subtext being that SIMS.net is replacing SIMS and MENTOR; hence a specific development to access SIMS will inevitably be a short-term solution. I doubt that Capita will continue to support SIMS for long now they have a new product on the market. The other point being that if any part of SIMS has files of a recognisable format, an ODBC interface can be created either to the file or to the data dictionary if it exists. No doubt you have been down this road.
Sounds nice... BUT our SIMS system isnt based around MS-SQL, its more a bit of a bit of everything :S
I think it was Rob Keeling who mentioned something about this?
From: Grainge, Derek [mailto:DGG@wellington-college.berks.sch.uk]
I don't know about SIMS, but SIMS.net uses MS-SQL; No doubt the data will be encrypted.
I can happily read data from Capita's other product, Mentor, as it has an ODBC interface. The files are foxbase (but you don't need to know that to read data) and unencrypted.
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