RE: MySQL on i using DB2 -- MIDRANGE-L

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With my SQL setup on system i using the connector for DB2, could an
application running on another platform access the mySQL database on
the i? e.g. Could I write a application that ran on a windows desktop,
or a mac, or another system i and have it access the mySQL database
(actually DB2). If so I would assume that I would use an ODBC driver
for mySQL. Is there anything that would need to be done on the system i
side to allow the connection? I read the IBM redbook and did not see
anything about how to configure mySQL to accept external connections.

Why would you want to, when DB2 is so easily accessible as it is?

I would imagine that you'd run into all sorts of security issues if you
tried something like this, so I doubt that it's allowed. And if this is a
circumvention for such security issues, I doubt you'd want to exercise it.
Having said that, I cannot say one way or another.

Regards,
Dennis Lovelady
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennislovelady
--
Phil Rizzuto (to Yogi Berra, driving to a banquet) : "Yogi, we're lost."
"Yeah, but we're making good time."

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