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Seems the right thing to do is to educate the security policy makers about
IFS security.  Just as with a Windows/Unix/Linux server, there's a thing
called permissions.   The PDF document could be stored in a secured
directory.


As Dan suggests, you could create a database file a BLOB field for the PDF
data.  You would need to read the stream file in order to load it or write a
stream file to recreate the PDF.

Alternately there is another database field type called a DATALINK which
contains the URL (path) of the PDF file.   If setup with "database
permissions", the system will secure the PDF file in the IFS and require an
"access token" read from the database file in order to reference the PDF
file.
Yes the PDF is still in the IFS, but it's secured (no public authority).



Keith




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chrysler,Timothy J" <TCHRYSLE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 8:03 AM
Subject: How can I store an externally generated PDF in a file or outq


Here's an odd one...  We want to store a PDF that is generated outside
the AS/400 in either a file or an outq on the AS/400.  We're receiving
the PDF file via MQSeries from a mainframe document system.   We can't
use the easy way of storing it to the IFS for "silly" corporate security
issues, but thought maybe we could somehow store it in a DB2 file or
even as a spool file in a dedicated outq.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Tim Chrysler


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