DDS Support (Re: NT web server access to AS400)

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 02:15 PM 06/26/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Has anyone else heard that IBM is dropping (or maybe dropping support is
>the wrong word) support for DDS. I heard this and found it shocking.
>Just curious no flames please.

Clearly DDS is no longer strategic to IBM.  They want everybody to go with 
SQL for file definition, which IMHO is brain dead.

SQL does not support all of the features of DDS.  AS/400 databases contain 
many less database design errors than other databases, due to the existence 
of the RLDREF keyword.

IBM is of the opinion that they want to reduce everything to it's lowest 
common denominator.  To force you to go to SQL, new database functions are 
only being added through SQL.  We are actively looking at extending DDS 
through TAA Tool.  This is not a pre announcement, but something under 
investigation.

Hey IBM, do it the AS/400 way, and you'll get a better product.

Al






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