Re: Project Lightning

Is there a way then to hit an AS/400 database without opening he files for
each client?  Can a DB server job open the files and then have the clients
just get the data via the server?  Does this require a separate db server
or can this function be on the AS/400?




"Roger Pence" <rp@rogerpence.com> on 12/16/98 12:32:50 PM

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Jeff--

Lightning is an CA/400 component (included in the free part of CA/400) that
provides a Windows<>DB2/400 database engine. Lightning lets you do DB2/400
record level access easily from languages such as VB and Delphi, talking
from Windows to the AS/400 through the OS/400 optimized servers. Using the
record-level access capabilities of Lightning doesn't change much from an
application standpoint, and files get opened per client.

However, Lightning can also do Windows-to-OS/400 program calls. You may be
able to achieve some of what you want with this aspect of Lightning.

There is a great Lightning redbook (Craig Pelkie wrote most of the good
parts). Go to www.redbooks.ibm.com and do a fastfind on "OLE DB"

rp



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