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Jan, In a message dated 12/26/98 7:01:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, JanAS400@aol.com writes: > does anyone know. back in early '94 when ILE was announced, was it > possible > to use SQL to access the AS/400 database remotely? At that time, a some > companies went to a unix box (such as HP, Rs6000) and a DBMS (such as Oracle, > Informix, or Sybase) because they wanted to go "client server". Did they > have to do this, or could they have stayed with the AS/400 and use SQL (and/or > odbc) to call the as/400 database (named DB2 in early '94) .. Didn't have anything to do with ILE but, yes, you could use ODBC to access the AS/400 database as early as 1992 from what I recall. In a former life, we had quoted a client a C/S application running under MS Access and the ShowCase ODBC back then. I don't remember the exact timing, but the FSIOP had just been renamed to the IPCS, PC/Support to client access, and the "black boxes" had just been announced. Given the benefit of hindsight, our decision to recommend C/S was probably a poor one at the time. Why do you ask? HTH, Dean Asmussen Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc. Fuquay-Varina, NC USA E-Mail: DAsmussen@aol.com "You must do the things you think you cannot do." -- Eleanor Roosevelt +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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