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Subject: RE: [ibm_db:405] Re: remote iSeries connections
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:21:50 -0500
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The question remains however.  Why are we being charged SO much for this ac=
cess mechanism when others like JDBC/ODBC are essentially free with iSeries=
 Access?

	-Jim

Jim Steil
VP of Information Technology
Quality Liquid Feeds, Inc.
608.935.2345 office
608.341.9896 cell


-----Original Message-----
From: ibm_db@googlegroups.com [mailto:ibm_db@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of=
 Rahul
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 9:08 AM
To: ibm_db
Subject: [ibm_db:405] Re: remote iSeries connections

Hi John,
 "DB2 Connect" is a necessary product to connect iSeries remotely from
Python/ Django application.

Thanks,
Rahul Priyadarshi

On Mar 26, 6:46=A0pm, "j...@qlf.com" <j...@qlf.com> wrote:
> I've been waiting on an answer to that from IBM for over a week now as we=
ll. =A0What size system are you running? =A0
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 -Jim
>
> Jim Steil
> VP of Information Technology
> Quality Liquid Feeds, Inc.
> 608.935.2345 office
> 608.341.9896 cell
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ibm_db@googlegroups.com [mailto:ibm_db@googlegroups.com] On Behalf =
Of John
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 8:24 AM
> To: ibm_db
> Subject: [ibm_db:403] remote iSeries connections
>
> A few months back I started investigating using this project as a
> database driver for Django apps to connect to our iSeries. =A0The
> research I have done so far indicates that I will need install the
> "DB2 Connect" product on my web server.
>
> We have recently upgraded our iSeries machine and I inquired as to the
> cost of the DB2 Connect product for this purpose. =A0Our local IBM
> partner put me in contact with IBM and we determined which product was
> required. =A0When pricing came back on this it was over $20,000 US.
>
> Is this the only option for accessing the iSeries remotely from
> Python / Django applications? =A0This seems a bit expensive seeing as
> how we get other types of remote access (JDBC for instance)
> essientially for free.
>
> John
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