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Sysman replied

3 October 2010, 10:44
Originally posted by xux42 View Post

Vendors never pass up a chance to dress up older tech. as something new and trendy do they?

The problem there is customers with wish lists they have dreamed up. If a product ticks all the boxes it's more likely to considered.
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xux42 replied

3 October 2010, 09:44
Originally posted by xux42 View Post

I have been asked if I'm interested in a role which matches my skills very closely except I have no WTX.
I can see that it is a data mapping tool and have coded data transformation before so I'd like to go for it but I don't want to sound like the complete WTX novice I am.

So what I'd like to know is whether:
a) WTX acts as a one time converter such that the data is taken from the original file or database and moved to a new location, ditching the old files/dbs
b) it becomes an ongoing active component serving the data to apps as if its in a new location
c) both

Many thanks

OK.. well the deafening silence speaks volumes about the number of people with WTX experience!
I've done some digging and its sort of 'b'.
What it actually does is connect the master copy of legacy data to any application, existing or new, enabling increased integration and avoiding the creation of unnecessary new data files.
It looks promising, but obviously the IBM documentation isn't going to talk about snags like getting it working smoothly, the need to understand the existing apps & data and what happens to performance with WTX sitting between apps and data.
Also slightly amused by the liberal use/misuse of the 'object' word. WTX objects are just file layouts with no behaviours.
Vendors never pass up a chance to dress up older tech. as something new and trendy do they?
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xux42 started a topic WTX

30 September 2010, 08:50
WTX

I have been asked if I'm interested in a role which matches my skills very closely except I have no WTX.
I can see that it is a data mapping tool and have coded data transformation before so I'd like to go for it but I don't want to sound like the complete WTX novice I am.

So what I'd like to know is whether:
a) WTX acts as a one time converter such that the data is taken from the original file or database and moved to a new location, ditching the old files/dbs
b) it becomes an ongoing active component serving the data to apps as if its in a new location
c) both

Many thanks
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