Hi David,

 DN> I haven't upgraded yet. The upgrade is US$449, so in this country it
 DN> will probably be about 450 pounds plus VAT, so call it US$850.

 DN> Hmm ... if I wrote a program to win the football pools (soccer season
 DN> has just started) I could ... probably do better pricking the entry
 DN> form with a pin. But to cover a cost of that magnitude I shall need to
 DN> make some budgetary adjustments.
 
I have such a program, and it works, but its not in PL/1. 

I am porting it from dBase to Oracle. 

(Its main purpose is to keep up my skill in database programming while I
am workig on contracts in C/C++.)

I am hoping to be able to afford a full Oracle system when I win.

(Actually I have had as many as 10 wins a season, but they were all very small.)

ANdrew
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