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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories Db2 for i
Created by Guest
Created on May 11, 2017

RELATED IDEAS

Information about different drivers to connect to iseries

We'd like to get a (really complete) documentation of all possibilities to connect a windows pc to the iSeries.
There exists a lot of drivers and software solutions. What we are missing is to see the difference between them.
E.g. i Series Access ODBC driver, ibmdrda, ibmsql400, jt400 (java), several possibilities using the DB2-Connect product, and so on.
We was not able to find out the differences between this drivers, but we'd like to know all the differences.
The difference between java and windows drivers are known but there are different java drivers and different windows drivers.
We wish one document with all possibilities and their differences.


Use Case:

We'd like to get a (really complete) documentation of all possibilities to connect a windows pc to the iSeries.
There exists a lot of drivers and software solutions. What we are missing is to see the difference between them.
E.g. i Series Access ODBC driver, ibmdrda, ibmsql400, jt400 (java), several possibilities using the DB2-Connect product, and so on.
We was not able to find out the differences between this drivers, but we'd like to know all the differences.
The difference between java and windows drivers are known but there are different java drivers and different windows drivers.
We wish one document with all possibilities and their differences.


Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 30, 2020

    IBM does not intend to provide a solution to this request at this time, so it is being closed.

    The database team has a long list of higher priority requirements, so this request is not likely to be implemented anytime soon.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 23, 2019

    two years ago you wrote "We're considering writing an article for IBM i developerWorks."

    does this article exist? or are you still writing?

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 20, 2018

    The CAAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a “nice to have” low priority feature. A source of comprehensive documentation of the options would alleviate some frustrations with finding the proper information.

    Background: The COMMON Americas Advisory Council (CAAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CAAC has a key role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community, and has therefore reviewed your RFE.

    For more information about CAAC, see www.common.org/caac

    For more details about CAAC's role with RFEs, see http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/Blogs/i-Can/May-2017/COMMON-Americas-Advisory-Council-%28CAAC%29-and-RFEs/

    Nancy Uthke-Schmucki - CAAC Program Manager

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 24, 2017

    we found out that the driver (e.g. ibmda400) has a big performance difference when it used in ms-access or sql-server.
    in sql-server it is much slower than in ms-access (using the same select statement).
    maybe there are additional parameters in sql-server that has to set correct?

    a redbook for iseries and sql-server connections would be very useful.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 20, 2017

    - specially we need an overview for all the parameters for the different drivers and for what this parameters are.
    - we found out that some drivers need that the database has a journal and some drivers don't need a journal.
    - diverences in the configuration of sql-server and normal client.
    - also the "login with windows-username" works different depending on the used driver.
    - what is the best driver for performance (for less data and for big data), and which one has the best security.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 30, 2017

    We're considering writing an article for IBM i developerWorks.

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