RE: For Christmas, I want

Free?

http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/developer/business/index.html
Suggested Retail Price looks like $3,340. Well, at least from IBM.

Looks like there is this, which is presumably free:
http://www.eclipse.org/edt/

But if you're looking to start on EGL, this seems like the place to start.
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/groups/service/html/communityview?communityUuid=3e2b35ae-d3b1-4008-adee-2b31d4be5c92

I don't use EGL, and don't plan on it. But I was curious about Joe's "free" comment, b/c up until now I thought you -had- to pay for IBM's RDB to use it.

-Kurt

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces+kurt.anderson=customcall.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces+kurt.anderson=customcall.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 10:17 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: For Christmas, I want

Or you could use EGL. It's free, open source, and dirt simple.

Joe

Paul, thank you.

For the most recent project I installed and ran comparisons of
read/write/update between DB2 and MS Sql server and remote DB2 using:

1) Scott Klemment's JDBCR4 service program and
example code from Scott and Jon Juracich

2) ArdGate open source application with help
from Dieter Bender (many thanks)
a good solution that also enables remote DB
access from STRSQL

3) ProData RDB Connect (ProData also sells and supports DBU)

We also received a bid from an IBM business partner for
a "Federated Server" solution $$$
original thought was we only needed DB2 Connect

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Nelson
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 7:40 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: For Christmas, I want

Gary,

There are tools out there that permit you to grab "off-platform" data. The price tags are not that bad, compared to the cost of rolling your own.

Paul Nelson
Office 512-392-2577
Cell 708-670-6978
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary Thompson
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 8:19 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: For Christmas, I want

For Christmas, I want the IBM Rochester system i team to do something significant to make the i a true server of choice.
I think I remember that 'server of choice' phrase from times past, but the gap I continue to see is the difficulty of querying foreign SQL DB from DB2 on i.

Some years ago, from MS Sql Server or Access I could "easily"
create 'pass-through' queries against DB2. But the reverse required a purchase.

Now, I am working through that same dilemma and wonder why
DB2 on i does not have native ability to exchange data with other ANSI compliant Db.

Out of the box, so to speak.

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