RE: Connecting to AS400 from MS SQL Enterprise Manager

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Pete Helgren
> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 3:09 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Connecting to AS400 from MS SQL Enterprise Manager
> 
> 
> Wilt, Charles wrote: "Instead, I'm wishing IBM would put together a 
> DRDA-JDBC bridge. Since the iSeries series runs Java quite well, and 
> since all the vendors provide type 4 JDBC drivers. It should 
> theoretically be possible for the iSeries to connect to a remote DB 
> using a loaded JDBC driver just like it can connect to a remote DRDA 
> database."
> 
> +1 for THAT idea.  
> 
> I think that is idea behind other 3rd party applications.
> 

Nope, every one I've seen uses a Windows application in the middle.

The Windows application translates from DRDA-->ODBC/OLEDB or from it's own 
proprietary protocol to ODBC/OLEDB.

Charles