RE: Where do I get drivers to allow a GIS software package

You don't need DB2 Connect, which is an extra cost item.

iSeries Client Access includes ODBC, OLEDB, and .NET drivers for accessing the i5 DB.

The drivers are no-charge parts of iSeries Access, which also includes iSeries Navigator and its "Run
SQL Scripts" utility. So you don't have to pay for a CA license to install and use them.

Charles


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Odom
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 1:45 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Where do I get drivers to allow a GIS software package

Keith,

Thanks very much for the information. The folks that want to talk to DB2/400 wish to do so from ESRI
ArcMap 9.2 and ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2. I'd like to show them their long held position that the i5 and
DB2/400 is hard to access is not true. I'm thinking they would have to use something like DB2 Connect
and the DB2/400 driver therein and configure the access via Microsoft's ODBC configuration function.
Am I going down the right road and if so please steer me correctly on how to configure their Windows
applications, mentioned above, so they can query DB2/400 from those applications. If I'm not going
down the right road, please steer me correctly as well.

Thanks,

Dave