On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Michael Bayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On May 16, 2008, at 10:55 AM, Carlos Hanson wrote:
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>> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 6:13 AM, Jim Steil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>> Hi:
>>>
>>> Can anyone tell me if it is possible to access data on an AS/400
>>> through
>>> SQLAlchemy?
>>>
>>>   -Jim
>>
>> I'm connecting to an AS/400 using pyodbc, so I am sure that I can do
>> it through SQLAlchemy.  If I have a chances to test it, I'll post my
>> success.  But if you get an ODBC connection set up, the re should be
>> no problem.
>
>
> well, "connecting" is just the beginning.  to take advantage of SQLA,
> you would also want an AS/400 dialect that knows how to render SQL in
> the way an AS/400 likes.  Im not familiar with anyone working on an AS/
> 400 dialect at the moment.   I only know of the DB2 dialect which is a
> separate project (but maybe ask on their list since they work for IBM).

This is a good point. I have to create aliases to a file/member
combination to select data. I guess I wouldn't expect SQLAlchemy to
implement that by default, since most every other database uses
tables.

-- 
Carlos Hanson

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