RE: WebSphere Question

[Colin Williams <colin.williams@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve,

Im assuming your talking about Websphere Application Server

>> Is WebSphere a universal thing or is the version on the AS400 different
to the one that may be used for Oracle?

Websphere esentially works the same on all platforms. It's a container for
running your java based web applications.

Eg I use WDSC running on my local pc to develop my web applications. 

I test them in a Websphere Application Server 5.1 test environment running
on my local pc, export the code as an EAR file which includes everything
that I need for my application (almost, environment stuff like datasources
are setup in the container). 

I deploy that EAR as is onto our 400, and it runs, no changes. We have
verified this by deploying the same code to a linux box and it runs the
same.

The things that will change are the bits that sit outside of your code, and
outside of the container, eg as400 specific stuff like dataqueues, and not
going to work the same on a linux box or on a pc 


The other problems you mention sound like design issues, nothing to do with
websphere. If this work is being done on Oracle, im not Oracle expert, but
im sure it could be possible, if its java web applications, the same is
true. 

These days you can get most things done on most platforms, it really depends
on the skill and knowledge of the analysts/programmers. Put inexperienced
people on virtually any platform and they will struggle.

cheers
Colin.W

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-----Original Message-----
From: Raby, Steve (GE Advanced Materials, consultant)
[mailto:steve.raby@xxxxxx] 
Sent: 21 March 2005 16:11
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: WebSphere Question


Hello all,

Is WebSphere a universal thing or is the version on the AS400 different to
the one that may be used for Oracle?

That's the first part of my question, the second part is, my wife is
currently undergoing UAT of a piffling little system that has taken two MIS
departments over two years to write (and still not one working program),
basically now because of their inability they have reduced the requirements
to an inventory and an invoice database with a number of reports. Now they
say that they cannot produce a report in WebSphere that looks like the cover
sheet that she uses, they also cannot put the date, program and user on the
report. The report columns come out alphabetically by field name, the list
of things they say they cannot do goes on and on and on. This cannot be
true. WebSphere is not a giant step backwards is it? Or, as I believe, she
is being sold a bill of goods by a department who are too lazy or have not
the expertise that they claim.  Given their original requirements an AS400
and two programmers I could have had their system out in 6-8 months! So much
for the wonder of !  Oracle and associated stuff!

Steve

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