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Re: Connecting to AS400 from MS SQL Enterprise Manager

<nit-picking>
So where is the ODBC Client ON the iSeries? That is my issue. DRDA is great (had everyone adopted it) but most OS's support ODBC and have applications that support ODBC (emphasis on *Open* DB Connectivity). </nit-picking>
It would be sweet we if we could define an ODBC connection on the iSeries and RPG (and other apps) could talk through that. For example, I can open up MS Query in windows (part of MS Office, actually) and use whatever database I want (if it supports ODBC). If I open Query/400 I can only query databases on the iSeries. Again, I know that there are tools that can be purchased to do this kind of thing.
Again, no big deal. I am very used to this and have written all sorts of programs that run on the iSeries and talk to other DB's (primarily through JDBC, as Rob pointed out).
So your statement is that the iSeries doesn't support Open Database Connectivity ODBC (as a client) is because the iSeries IS open? Hmmm, not sure I agree. It probably doesn't support ODBC because writing an ODBC client for the iSeries isn't a priority for IBM (there may be technical issues as well). Business Partners can do that kind of thing (as they should).
I am just "wishing" here, not being critical (at all) of the iSeries and it's capabilities. 

Pete Helgren

Wilt, Charles wrote:


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Pete Helgren
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 10:06 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Connecting to AS400 from MS SQL Enterprise Manager
Not a big deal, really. I am pretty used to digging around for additional tools (some free, some not). But, someone coming from a MS-centric world might say: "What, I can't connected to an SQL Database from the iSeries yet SQL can connect to an iSeries database? That doesn't sound very 'open' !" 

I agree that it is frustrating.  But just wanted to point out the fact that the 
reason it is frustrating is that the iSeries is open whereas SQL server isn't.

IBM uses an published open protocol (DRDA) for remote database access.

Microsoft, Oracle, ect. don't.



Charles

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