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Since you are interested in migrating this to off platform, then I'll
assume it's fair to say that these people have some familiarity with
systems other than IBM i, true? Hopefully that includes other databases?
Well, then they should feel right at home with IBM i. Because they could
query the system catalog to get a list of all columns in all tables, a
list of all tables, a list of all members in all files, a list of all
views, indexes, etc.
All they have to do is to use ODBC to connect to library QSYS2 and query
things like SYSCOLUMNS, SYSTABLES, SYSVIEWS, SYSINDEXES and more. No need
for DSPFFD, DSPFD, and all that rot.
And if they are tired of the character based interface sometimes used on
other platforms then they're going to love the graphical interface
available on the IBM i. Have them try the iNav interface for all this.
"IF" (and I know that's a hell of a big "if") you set up your tables with
referential integrity then the data diagramming is pretty darn good.
They can also use ODBC to move the data down to their platform of choice.
Rob Berendt
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