Re: data transfer: AS400 - Windows NT

["Carl Galgano" <cgalgano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roger:
What is OLE DB?
CJG

Carl Galgano
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-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Pence <rp@rogerpence.com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Thursday, November 25, 1999 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: data transfer: AS400 - Windows NT


>> I am trying to set up a reliable link between the company as400 server
>database
>> and Access on Windows NT with very limited success. I am using Client
>Access to
>> comunicate between the two systems.
>>
>> Direct ODBC seems impossible, because of the lack of support on our
>as400-sql
>> for file members. Upgrading the system is not an option (costs).
>> The Data Transfer program looked like an alternative, but provides
>unreliable
>> results; when I compared the transferred text file with the original
table
>on
>> the as400, some fields contained underscores whereas there should be
>simple
>> numbers such as '101' or '103'.
>>
>> Does anybody have experience with querying an as400 system from a windows
>> machine without any need to reprogram the as400? I would like to stress
>this
>> last point, because there is no expertise in house for this.
>
>Use OLE DB! Why are people ignoring this for this task!
>
>I've emailed you an Access example, Marco.
>
>rp
>
>
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