PowerBuilder 9: Advanced Client/Server Development

Chapter 14. IBM DB2 and CICS Via Sybase Mainframe Connect

Jim O’Neil

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DirectConnect Architecture Overview

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Connecting Via PowerBuilder

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Data Types

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Development Considerations

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Accessing External Data

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Security Interfaces

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This chapter focuses on the integration of PowerBuilder with DirectConnect for OS/390 (formerly known as DirectConnect for DB2/MVS and now part of the Sybase Mainframe Connect integrated product set). The combination of these two Sybase products is one architecture that enables client/server programs to access ...