Re: Loading PC data to AS/400

[Bob Angell <aimsllc@xxxxxxx>]

> In <33525A71.26F9@ibm.net>, on 04/14/97
>    at 10:25 AM, Bob Angell <aimsllc@ibm.net> said:
> 
> >You may also look at an NT or OS/2 solution running DB2 locally and then
> >transmitting the data redundantly to the AS/400 via DDCS/APPC/APPN.  This
> >is by far the most stable solution I have seen for the AS/400.

boothm@earth.goddard.edu wrote:

> I am curious if this might be an ideal application for VisualAgeRPG? VRPG
> seems very capable of dealing with a PC data file and an AS/400 data file
> in the same RPG program, but I don't really understand the ramifications
> of what I have just said.

VisualAge RPG is just the wrapper (outer layer) and you could use it
to interact with your data.  What I wrote above is merely an integrated
solution taking into account the strengths and weaknesses of the 
potential design.  I prefer using local storage for temporary stuff
and the AS/400 for long-range data storage.  Then, after the above is
implemented, one can fine-tune the data needs on the AS/400 side.

-Bob-
 
BTW, you could also use VisualAge Cobol if your programs are written in
that language.  You could also use something like Visualizer under OS/2
and soon Windows NT to handle the front-end data collection and have the
AS/400 data file look like a local database on the PC side ... if you
use
DDCS/DB2, you get referential integrity and other nice things one cannot
have with just PC support.
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