Re: Why does node's Toolkit for i, use a database connection to execute CL commands?

Nathan,

Kelly, just curious what made you think it was a "database connection"?

The developerWorks tutorial creates a node app that lets you do two things:
1. Run a SQL statement against a DB2 file entered into a text box (e.g., SELECT * FROM MYLIB.MYFILE)
2. Run a CL command entered into a text box (e.g., DSPSYSSTS)

Code in the node app sets a variable as follows:
var DBname = "*LOCAL";

The code to perform the SQL statement establishes a database connection as follows:
db.conn(DBname);
The tutorial talks about this being a database connection. The tutorial says, " When using the *LOCAL database on db.conn(), the non-server mode does not require or authenticate the user ID and password."

The code to perform the CL command also establishes a connection using the same DBname variable:
var conn = new xt.iConn(DBname);
I assume this is also a database connection due to the same DBname parameter and the impromptu naming convention of conn (for connection) used by the individuals who developed the tutorial.

Thanks,
Kelly