RE: Access iSeries from windows and odbc question

Hum,

That's tough.  AFAIK, Excel and Access can use only ODBC drivers.  So you could 
do it, but you'd need an ODBC-JDBC Bridge.  I found at least one out there, but 
it is a commercial product.

Probably easier and cheaper ($free) to install CA.

Charles Wilt
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mitchell, John
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 12:32 PM
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> Subject: RE: Access iSeries from windows and odbc question
> 
> 
> Do you have any advice for making that work with MS Access 
> and MS Excel?
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wilt, Charles [mailto:CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 9:53 AM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: RE: Access iSeries from windows and odbc question
> > 
> > Nope.
> > 
> > You have to install the base iSeries Access product.
> > 
> > Could you use JDBC?  That driver is easily redistributed.
> > 
> > Charles Wilt
> > iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
> > Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
> > ph: 513-573-4343
> > fax: 513-398-1121
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of 
> Mitchell, John
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 10:40 AM
> > > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > > Subject: RE: Access iSeries from windows and odbc question
> > >
> > >
> > > Is there any way to get the ODBC driver separated from Client
> > > Access?  I
> > > would like to use it but I don't want to install the full
> > > version to get
> > > just that portion.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any help!
> > >
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