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As mentioned in an earlier update, IBM i is capable of accessing other databases using DRDA, but since Microsoft SQL Server does not have server side support there is no way for us to interact with their database through DRDA.
As for other alternatives, some Db2 for i clients are using the JDBC type 4 driver to interact with non-Db2 databases.
From an IBM i software perspective, Db2 Web Query includes Data Migrator, which can interact with non-Db2 databases and is strong for ETL use cases.
I'm sure that other solutions are possible.
e.g. there exist a open-source solution (https://sourceforge.net/projects/appserver4rpg/) which use a jdbc driver and add an entry in rdbdire. this shows that it is possible.
This means if you cann't use DRDA use another possibility or provide a DRDA driver for ms-sql which handle both server and requester.
I'm sure your great developers find out a good solution.
The main architecture that provides distributed database access across multiple different database vendors is the Open Group DRDA standard. IBM i supports DRDA both as a requester and a server. Microsoft only supports DRDA as a requester. This means that Microsoft can access DB2 for i databases but we are not able to use DRDA to access Microsoft SQL Server databases. If Microsoft did add server side support, IBM i would be able to access SQL Server databases without any changes to DB2 for i.
as an example:
as written before, there are open source tools that do the same thing (not so easy to handle) but it shows that this is possible.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/appserver4rpg/
Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - DB2 for i
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Power Systems
Product - IBM i
Component - Core OS
Operating system - IBM i
Source - None
Creating a new RFE based on Community RFE #91865 in product IBM i.