RE: How to call an AS/400 batch program from an Oracle PL/SQL pro cedure -- MIDRANGE-L

Ali - this will run the program, but your procedure will need to wait. Of course, this solution assumes you can run FTP from a stored procedure. But if you want the iSeries program to start and then your procedure keeps going, the syntax would be more like

quote rcmd sbmjob cmd(call cobolpgm)

The FTP approach also assumes that remote command is allowed - it might not be, as it is a huge security hole.

Now it really does not matter that the program was written in COBOL vs. another language - almost never, probably. Just as it does not matter whether a PC executable was written using Delphi or VB or C or compiled BASIC.

On the other hand, Oracle has a gateway product for AS/400 or iSeries - extra cost, of course, right? That lets you communicate with any iSeries from Oracle. In an SQL CALL statement you can do whatever you want. E.g., there is a 400 program called QCMDEXC that can execute any 400 command, such as SBMJOB.

There is also probably ODBC or JDBC. Not sure how those interface with PL/SQL.

HTH

At 04:59 AM 5/4/2005, you wrote:

>I want to call an AS/400 batch program (written in cobol) from an Oracle
>PL/SQL procedure. Any ideas?
Ali
        presumably this is from another computer.
One possible solution is to use FTP.
connect to the AS/400 with user & password then
try something like:
quote rcmd call cobolpgm
HTH
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