Re: Store file location on IFS in datalink column

[Ashish Kulkarni <ashish.kulkarni13@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi
Is there any special process we have to run on AS400 to enable datalink, how
does database know to watch files in IFS folder?

Ashish

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Christen, Duane
<Duane.Christen@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I use datalinks in several applications.
>
> It adds some overhead, the datalink database server, and some coding rules
> when creating/retrieving datalinks.
>
> The reason I use it is that you can enforce database record rules on the
> linked IFS files.
> In one application the IFS files must be kept for 6 months. Burning them to
> optical is not feasible because of the volume, and the short retention
> period.
>
> The datalink fit our existing process with very few code changes and we can
> enforce the retention of the IFS files through the database record.
>
> Duane Christen
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Store file location on IFS in datalink column
>
> Hi
> Has anyone used datalink column to store location of PDF file or any file
> on IFS folder of AS400, if yes how,
>
> we have these PDF files which are on IFS folder, so instead of saving them
> in database in blob we would like to create a datalink to these pdf files
> which we can read and display pdf file using servlet.
>
>
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