RE: .NET and the iSeries

I don't believe the DB2 Connect solution is necessary anymore.  The
native iSeries Provider was included with Client Access v5r3, though it
does not install by default. It does not require v5r3 on the target
iSeries.  It provides slightly better performance than ODBC, and much
better than the generic OLEDB.  I believe there are also some SQL
limitations with ODBC that are eliminated, though I never hit them when
we were using ODBC for this purpose.  We migrated our ASP.NET
applications some time ago to the native provider with good results. 

Jim Reinardy
Badger Meter, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richter,Steve
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 10:14 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: .NET and the iSeries


-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Anderson [mailto:banderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 10:25 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: .NET and the iSeries

      I'm not sure this is the place but her is a question.  I would

like to 

start doing some .NET programming with our iSeries and Visual Studio 
2005.
      I have downloaded the IBM add ins for 2005 and the IBM .NET

provider 

but what is the DB2 Connect for iSeries and how do I go about getting 
it, and any idea as to cost

I am curious as to what the .NET provider provides. I am starting soon
with .NET coding and the i5 and plan to start with the basics.  The .net
2.0 sdk is free from MSFT and provides all the compilers. I am reading a
very good book by Petzold
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735621535/sr=8-1/qid=1149174307/ref=pd
_bbs_1/103-1463457-6056607?%5Fencoding=UTF8

also:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735618003/sr=8-5/qid=1149174370/ref=pd
_bbs_5/103-1463457-6056607?%5Fencoding=UTF8

Petzold has a simple, no charge, IDE that works with the .NET SDK:
http://www.charlespetzold.com/keycs/ 

.NET has the ODBC classes that can connect to the i5.  My plan is to use
those first, esp if  the IBM software is not available to me because I
cant afford to upgrade from V5R1.

-Steve


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