RE: Is this correct?

Murali, I suggested in another message that you stay away from
buzzwords.  At the same time, I also suggest you stick to technical
statements.  For example, what do you mean by:

1. "Uses TCP/IP poorly."  I have never found this.  What do you mean?
Compared to what?  For what purpose?  Pure sockets?  JDBC?  What?

2. "Hence very slower".  Again, slower than what?

3. "Binds code to an AS/400 environment."  What do you mean by "bind"?
The code is designed to communicate with an AS/400. That's why it's
called "jt400".

4. "Environmentally neutral."  This is a buzzword.  It means NOTHING.
What is the business goal you are trying to reach?  If the business goal
is to access AS/400 data without using native AS/400 I/O, then use a
standard JDBC driver; there are several that will access AS/400 data.
If the idea is to access AS/400 data quickly, use the native I/O drivers
or direct program calls.  If you want to write application code that
will both access AS/400 data quickly and access non-AS/400 data without
worrying about the details, then write a factory class.

My guess is that you're comparing JT400's JDBC driver to something like
SQL Server.  Remember that SQL Server is built for ODBC access, and
DB2/400 is designed for native access.  Your job as a programmer is to
learn to use the correct tool for the correct job.  It requires
different code to access different machines at their peak efficiency.
If you want to simply write one set of code that works everywhere, then
you will get varying levels of performance.

Is this clear?

Joe


> From: murali dhar
> 
> jt400 uses tcp/ip poorly and hence very slower,and binds code to an
as400
> environment rather than producing code which is environmentally
neutral...