Re: ASNA VRPG for .net or Websmart or RPGsp or somethingelse & DB Connectivity

Charles,

To my knowledge there is NO product out there that can hit multiple
databases with a single SQL statement.  However, accessing multiple
databases in a single application can be accomplished using JDBC as you
mentioned (see an example from IBM here -
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0407_woolf/0407_woolf.html),
 and while I cannot locate the exact inference of the announcement, here's
something that may help...
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/cn/db2/library/techarticles/dm-0411purnell/db2ii_planning_sizing_article_FINAL.pdf.
  I guess the best thing to do would be to talk to your IBM rep - I just
remember reading the blurb and then forwarding it on to someone involved in
cross-platform development and support (I'm not currently working with
Oracle, so I can only keep track of so much! :-).

David R. Sager
ITS Project Leader, BPMS
Office:  (847) 482-2627
Cell:      (847) 489-4941
AIM:  drsatpca

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What announcement are you referring to?

I know of no way for DB2/400 to interact "directly" with Oracle unless one
ponies up the big $$$ to purchase some extra software from either Oracle or
IBM.

An iSeries Java application can use Oracle's JDBC driver, but I wouldn't
call that DB2 acting "directly".  On the other hand, Oracle can use IBM's
ODBC or OLEDB driver to directly access iSeries Tables.

Note that my definition of "directly" is a single SQL statement can join
tables on separate systems.

Thanks,
Charles

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