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Has anyone connected to AS/400 Tables using VFP
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12/02/1997 13:26:24
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Visual FoxPro
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>> I am needing to connect to an AS/400 using a remote view
>> to access tables on the 400. Has anyone done this successfully?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jim Huenergardt
>
>...Did it in Visual dBASE, did it in VFP. Same concept, somewhat
>different procedures. You need Client Access/400 ODBC driver. Then,
>depending on you AS/400 Library/Source access rights, either accept
>userid from each user and incorporate response into opening database
>statement, or use generic userid and pwd that has all necessary rights
>and incorporate it into ODBC setup. Make sure you have the latest Client
>Access ODBC driver, the one that fixed sporadic return of records on
>SELECT, otherwise you'll have more questions than answers :)

Robert,

Thanks for the info. Did you use a remote view in VFP? Once you could see the tables, how did you access them? I guess I have a lot of questions about this. Anyway, I'll have more when I start trying it.

Jim
Jim Huenergardt
AXIO
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