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Subject: RPG & SQL Server (was Re: Is RPG available on any other platform ?)
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Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 09:29:02 -0500
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> 4) It can also perform iSeries-like RPG access to SQL Server 2000
databases
> (using CHAIN, SETLL, etc.) with DataGate for SQL Server (sold
separately).

> 5) It can also perform database access to databases such as Oracle using
OLE
> DB.

We can debate all the other points until we're blue in the face, but if an
RPG programmer can do 4 and 5 with minimal training, this thing may have
some value in some shops (like mine, where we have some packages that use
SQL Server as the DB).

Is AVR/DataGate the only way to access SQL Server via RPG and record level
access (no embedded SQL)?

Mike E.

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