Re: ibm_db node module and IBM Data Server Driver

[Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

You could create web services using COBOL (or RPG) as well, if that's the
main programing language.

Easily send JSON (or XML. blech...) data back to the requestor.  All you'd
really need is YAJL or something similar.

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 7:32 AM, Kelly Cookson <KCookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Basically, yes. We have a lot of COBOL legacy that we want to keep using.
> But we've started to gradually replace green screen development with .NET
> web front-ends.
>
> Our .NET developers used to connect to the IBM I via database drivers (SQL
> for DB2 tables and stored procedures for COBOL programs). But the drivers
> they were using had a dependency on ADO.NET. ADO.NET is not supported in
> the new .NET Core framework. Hence, we're looking into our options.
>
> I was over-complicating things with ibm_db and node on windows. This
> approach would require the licensed product IBM Connect. My guess is that
> .NET developers could use drivers directly with IBM Connect.
>
> One of the options we are considering is creating web services on the IBM
> i using Node.JS, Express and Node Toolkit for i.  If we adopt node, then we
> could also take advantage of .NET Core JavaScript Services, which allows
> .NET apps to incorporate node modules and custom JavaScript functions
> running on node on windows. I was exploring ways we might leverage that
> capability. That's what lead to me asking about the ibm_db node module.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kelly Cookson
> IT Project Leader
> Dot Foods, Inc.
> 217-773-4486 ext. 12676
> www.dotfoods.com<http://www.dotfoods.com>