RE: New Development Project - What to do it in?

["Metz, Zak" <Zak_Metz@xxxxxx>]

Well do I have a deal for you. As it turns out, your 400 is already at
one with Net.Data, it having been installed as part of DB2. Net.Data is
a very straightforward, interpreted scripting language. The beauty is
that it generates HTML and XML (not that you can't imbed JavaScript or
what-have-you), so your client is anything with a browser, and beyond
browsers with the XML additions. The language provides simple ways to
build your functions around SQL statements. For example, a query's
results can be processed a row at a time, and this is the natural way to
handle the result set. Existing "high level" code can also be called.

The iSeries Net.Data home page is
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/software/netdata/

Without knowing more about your situation, it is of course impossible to
say if this is the right solution for you. However, I've found it to be
a simple yet powerful language. My entire site, including caching, is
handled by it. I've written a generic function that uses SYSCOLUMNS to
correctly format display/add/change screens for any of my tables. That
code, once simmered, will be free source. Meanwhile you can find many
examples, and much discussion, at http://www.ignite400.org

Regards,
Z

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Cagle [mailto:bcagle@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 3:06 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: New Development Project - What to do it in?
> 
> 
> Well, it would definitely be dark 'cuz I would be blind!  I wouldn't
> even know where to start with Net.Data.  I assume it could access 400
> data okay?  Also sounds like I would need to purchase another 
> compiler?
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