RE: AS400....is it really "Open" - Answers

["Art Tostaine, Jr." <art@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

John:

Where does one get the DRDA drivers for SQL Server.  Are they included with
SNA server?

I appreciate that link to the microsoft page, but it doesn't go into much
detail.  A search on their site returned tons of results.

Thanks for your help.

Art Tostaine, Jr.
CCA, Inc.
Jackson, NJ 08527

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of John Myers - MM
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 9:24 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: AS400....is it really "Open" - Answers



>But nothing has been done to allow us to access
>data from another systems database....such as
>SQLServer.
>
>Perhaps I'm wrong or not informed. Is there a way
>to access data from another system via RPG in
>a realtime fashion? And if we can't why isn't
>there any grumbling about this?

Ray,

My company has this problem regularly ... we must interface our AS/400
motor vehicle systems with multiple servers for different customers.

DRDA is the way to get it done.  The "hitch" is that you need to get the
DRDA drivers for the DBMS that you are trying to access.  For example, for:

ORACLE, use Oracle Access Manager for AS/400 (
http://technet.oracle.com/doc/gateways/am4as400/toc.fm.html )

SYBASE, use Direct Connect for AS/400 (I think) (
http://manuals.sybase.com:80/onlinebooks/group-dc/dca1150e/as4inst/@Generic_
_BookTextView;nh=1
)

Microsoft, use the OLE DB Provider for AS/400 & VSAM  (
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/psdk/his/thorappa_34de.htm )

Hope this helps ...


John Myers
IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Technical Solutions
IBM Certified Specialist - Advisor for e-Business
Strategic Business Systems, Inc.
17 S. Franklin Turnpike, Ramsey, NJ 07446  USA
E-mail: mailto:jmyers@sbsusa.com   Phone: +1 (201) EASY 400   x131
Web:    http://www.sbsusa.com      Fax:   +1 (201) 327-6984

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