accessing db2/400 data and issues with Packed fields

["Jack Levin" <jlevin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

 

I am an AS/400 newbie and am looking into accessing data on the as/400 from a remote application (Java app on an App server).  Not sure which development platform we are going to use.  Mabye VAJ or JBuilder.

 

Anyway, the data I will be accessing (db2/400 data) is of the packed type.  Do I need to be concerned about this? In other words, do I need to do any special programming for that or is there a way to be abstracted from it?

 

Also, I was thinking of using DB2 Connect so I could have JDBC access to the data.  If I use DB2 connect, will that abstract me from the packed data issue?

 

If there is a better way, please share.

 

Any advice is so appreciated.

 

Thanks.

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Jack Levin, jlevin@icubed.com