RE: Steve's soapbox was: Performance of ODBC vs. other access methods

From: qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Many of the *BEFORE and *AFTER actions (often _all_ of them) could be in
a direct CL member executed as a script. If elements such as system
auditing and database journaling are active, then every action and
result would be automatically logged. Security for the administrative
program object is almost trivial to set up.

With a little effort, administrative complexities can be nearly
eliminated while using nothing but the default (i.e., no extra charge)
facilities of the system.

This is a huge point, Tom.  One of the beauties of the integrated nature of
the iSeries is that pretty much everything can be journaled.  And this isn't
just to some text file; it's to a secure object that can't be tampered with.
AFAIK, you can't even log all your actions on Unix, much less in a secure,
non-corruptible fashion.

Joe