iSeries as remote SQL server

[Rich Duzenbury <rduz-midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is there a way to easily, efficiently and inexpensively access the iSeries 
database from a remote client machine?  In my case, the remote client is an 
intel box running unix or windows.  I'd like to be able to use both types 
of machines as clients.

Using Perl/MySQL I routinely do things like:

sub _update_account {
  my $self = shift;

  $self->dbh->do( qq{ UPDATE account
                      SET last_tran_invoiced = ?, last_invoice = ?
                      WHERE id = ? },
                  undef,
                  $self->inv->{thru_sequence},
                  $self->inv->{invoice_date},
                  $self->inv->{accountid});
}

Sure would be nice to be able to do the same with an iSeries as the target.