RE: replicating an I-series home-grown application to a .net platform

I have never used it but MS SQL has a way to just point to a remote database and not replicate the data. It looks like an MS SQL table to a .net developer but contains no data. A request to MS SQL for data gets sent to DB2 which responds to MS SQL which responds to the application. Still better to go direct to DB2 but does let the developer use their familiar database access

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Wills
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 3:25 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: replicating an I-series home-grown application to a .net platform

To be honest, it IS easier to work with SQL Server because of the tight integration that MS has built between the two. HOWEVER, a properly written interface between the two will have no noticeable difference between the two in terms of speed. I have an ASP.NET app that is 100% IBM i database driven. It is fast.

If your .NET developers won't use the IBM i backend, they are lazy.
Point them to me if they say otherwise. ;-)

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On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 9:58 AM, John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I will say that I agree with you
100% that it would be simpler to just read the actual i data. I don't
think it's a convincing argument to say "well, SQL Server code is so
much simpler than RPG code" because you don't have to use RPG to read
the data on the i! There are many ways to get at data on the i
without having a separate copy of it, some of which are comparable to
what you'd write for SQL Server, including using .NET languages and
tools. (And some which I think some developers would find even
easier. For that matter, some developers would find RPG easier
anyway, depending on the nature of the application and the data that
needs to be retrieved.)

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