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2017-03-20 10:31 GMT-03:00 Jim S <ato.st...@gmail.com>:
> Yes, support became available for Python 2 and Python 3 last summer. Came
> out in Technology Refreshes. They still have a long way to go getting more
> packages supported, but base support is there. They also have a local
> dbapi connector to connect to a DB2/400 database which is what I'm trying
> to connect to with the DAL.
>
> I don't know where to begin modifying an adapter, looking for help.
>
> -Jim
>
>
> On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 8:18:41 AM UTC-5, DenesL wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jim
>>
>> Python officially supported on i, finally!!
>> I wish this had happened a while back.
>>
>> It seems that this would require a modified adapter in web2py,
>> sadly I have no access to a current 7.x box to test.
>>
>> Denes
>>
>> On Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 11:11:34 AM UTC-4, Jim S wrote:
>>>
>>> In this example he is connecting using a DB2 connector. However, I'm
>>> hoping to use the ibm_db_dbi connector and don't know how to specify it on
>>> the dal connection. He is using:
>>>
>>> db = DAL('db2://DSN=MYDSN;UID=xxxxx;PWD=xxxxx', migrate_enabled=False)
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what to put in place of the db2://DSN...
>>>
>>> Anyone?
>>>
>>> -Jim
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 7:38 PM, António Ramos wrote:
>>>
>>>> maybe
>>>> http://www.web2pyslices.com/slice/show/1474/calling-remote-
>>>> program-on-db2-from-pythonweb2py
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> 2017-03-17 21:06 GMT+00:00 Jim S :
>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> In a former (and somewhat current) life I was an AS/400 guy. Our shop
>>>>> still uses the platform though most of my time is spent on Python and
>>>>> web2py now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Recently Python became available and officially supported on IBM i and
>>>>> I'm trying to get web2py running there accessing the local DB2/400
>>>>> database. Using the local python on the system I can create a database
>>>>> connection to the local database doing this:
>>>>>
>>>>> import ibm_db_dbi as db
>>>>>
>>>>> conn = db.connect(database='*LOCAL')
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm hoping to find an easy way to convert this into a connectstring
>>>>> for the DAL so I can have my database created there. The SQL-flavor it
>>>>> should use would be the same as ODBC-flavored SQL.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone give me a clue how to modify the DAL code to connect to my
>>>>> db? Any pointers to other articles or links would really be appreciated.
>>>>> It would be exciting for me to get this working since I could then show
>>>>> RPG
>>>>> developers how easy it would be to get an application on the web from the
>>>>> AS/400 using python/web2py.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Jim
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
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