Web to AS/400 Database connectivity

I have a new customer who we are developing an AS/400 application for.  He has 
grand plans for a web
site that will interact with the data on the 400.  He is not automatically 
considering serving the
web pages from the 400.  He has considered buying another AS/400 to serve the 
pages using WebSphere
Commerce Suite, but that is not definite.

Since I am the developer for the AS/400 application, I have to answer questions 
from web companies
who are trying to make proposals to my customer.

One of the questions that I can't answer so well is how will the web developers 
get data from the
AS/400.  Some know of the 400, others don't.  Most know it runs DB/2.

The web developers have to be able to enter data into our system.  For 
instance, they will do all of
the programming to accept an order, then they will have to create an order and 
pick ticket on my
system.  They will have to receive an order# back from the 400.  They will also 
have to get data
from the 400 to show order status, etc.

How should I tell them to connect?

BTW:  Is Ignite/400 down?  I couldn't send this email to that list.

Art Tostaine, Jr.
CCA, Inc.
Jackson, NJ 08527

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