Re: Client/Server on the AS/400

["Marc Zylka" <marc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Vernon wrote:
> Both VB & PowerBuilder are excellent. Data access is usually accomplished
> with ODBC. Client Access has a very good ODBC driver, but you need to
> install the entire base product to get it. OTOH, it is free after the
first
> license. Other drivers (HiT, WallData, etc.) are probably per seat.

We just ordered CA for our production machine.  I'll check it out.

> The answer here is a bit complicated, I think. In v4r2 Not available in
> earlier releases), you can write stored procedures using an extension of
> SQL that includes decision constructs, etc. This source gets converted to
> C, and that's why you need that compiler. This source is probably very
> propietary, limited to AS/400 only. (?)

Hmm.

> Another option I'd look at is Domino on v4r2. Having seen a little of it,
> it promises pretty native access to AS/400 data and lets you generate
both
> Notes databases (i.e., applications) _and_ Web pages from the same
> development environment.

This sounds interesting.
 
> Another option is Net.Data, which is quite easy to use after the initial
> coupla days to get comfortable with it. Also, you need some HTML
knowledge,
> but you could use a graphical HTML designer, even Word 97 (?), to get the
> initial HTML. Then insert Net.Data macro statements to get the data.

So Front Page could be used and then insert the Net.Data statements.
The user then just points to an initial HTML with links (menu options) to
other pages.  This is interesting but the education would take some time.
Quite a bit of new stuff.

Vernon, thanks for the info.
Marc Zylka ( marc@netpath.net )


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