RE: What is the good news/bad news about using Crystal Reports against the iSeries?

I would also like to add that SQL Server 2005, which includes free reporting 
and analysis servers, supports DB2\400, as well as other databases. www.ASD.net 
is an IBM and Microsoft partner who is already delivering this to customers 
today on the iSeries with SQL Server.
 
 
David deLisi ● DP&E ● 425.706.1899 ● 425.753.4141 (cell) 
 

 
 
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
On Behalf Of Mark Phippard
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 12:40 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: What is the good news/bad news about using Crystal Reports against 
the iSeries?

midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 07/28/2005 03:37:58 PM:

> It appears Crystal Reports uses DRDA via QUSRWRK and QRWTSRVR.   I found
> the use of DRDA to be unusual since DRDA is usually used between
> DRDA-capable RDBMSs like two DB2s.  In this case, its just a user using
> Crystal against one iSeries.

What is your question?

How Crystal accesses the database depends entirely on the type of 
connection you define in Crystal.  ODBC, ADO, OLEDB, JDBC etc.  It sounds 
like Crystal also must come with a DB2 driver that the user chose to use. 
I usually use the ODBC driver that comes with iSeries Access.

Mark

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