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I worked with ARDGATE for a month or two and it kind of works--its more of a one-off custom solution that needs to be heavily modified for anyone else's environment. To the point of basically starting over so why bother? ODBC would be a good option assuming it is working and can be accessed natively.
IBM does not intend to provide a solution to this request, so it is being closed. As mentioned in prior discussion in this RFE, ARD programs are the responsibility of the database provider, not IBM i. We recommend using one of the suggestions provided to access non-Db2 databases.
The CAAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM not implement this request as a native solution. The point is that it is not IBM's responsibility to write ARDs for every RDBMS. However, for some of the Open Source DBs, there might some effort that IBM could apply there and, as commented below, the ARDGATE solution already exists and is generic.
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
Basically, the ARDs are the responsibility of the owner of the DB product, not of IBM. It is the same as ODBC, OLE/DB, or .Net drivers/providers. Oracle and Microsoft both used to have ARDs, but I don't think they are available recently.
I agree with Mihael Schmidt's comment - Dieter Bender has provided a general-purpose ARD that works with any DB vendor/creator that publishes a JDBC provider.
Also, an Open Access:RPG handler can be written. It CAN be written to be fully functional as to RPG opcodes, or to process the opcodes that the application or enterprise needs to use.
The CEAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a HIGH priority requirement that is important to address. As crucial it is for other languages to access IBM i data it is equally important to make it possible to access other databases from IBM i in a simplified way.
Background: The COMMON Europe Advisory Council (CEAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CEAC has a crucial 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.
To find out how CEAC help to shape the future of IBM i, see CEAC @ ibm.biz/BdYSYj and the article "The Five Hottest IBM i RFEs Of The Quarter" at ibm.biz/BdYSZT
Therese Eaton – CEAC Program Manager, IBM
Hi Bob
Would using the PASE based IBM i Access ODBC Driver for IBM i driver help?
https://ibmsystemsmag.com/Power-Systems/08/2019/ODBC-Driver-for-IBM-i
Cheers, Steve B
similar as case-id 91865
we wait since more than 4 years for native support
Why not use ArdGate from Dieter Bender hosted on Sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/appserver4rpg/