RE: news400 goes negative on IBM?

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tim

<blatant vendor response>

We have a product that uses calls to a service program to connect to just 
such a magical socket app. Other than not being embedded SQL?more like 
using CLI?it does everything you just described. You can use ODBC or 
OLE/DB. As long as you have a driver or provider, you're in like flint.

It also includes a component that speaks directly to Excel on a PC, using 
OLE automation. www.rjssoftware.com is the link. Or call me at 952.898.3038

In response to Booth, no least common denominator here, IMO. As in 
everything SQL-ish, you are dependent on the optimizer in whatever database 
you are talking to.

</blatant vendor response>

At 06:09 PM 5/20/2005, you wrote:

> But it would be nice, if we had a windows partition, on the iseries, that we
> could load our odbc drivers, then have a (magical socket type app) that
> would work with embedded SQL within RPG, to make the database calls via an
> rpgsql program  to this windows partion.. To process these odbc
> connections... And pass the data back and forth... But oh well...
>
> Tim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Booth Martin
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 2:59 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: news400 goes negative on IBM?
>
> In order for RPG to reach other data bases wouldn't we have to work to the
> lowest common denominator?  Would we  loose triggers, indexed files, most
> file related commands, and dds?
>
>
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> Booth Martin