having web2py DAL working with ibm_db would give web2py a good visibility from IBM because they often publish documents about open source techs and IBM and being web2py such a good product i think IBM would also be in love as we ALL are!!! regards
2017-04-21 15:49 GMT+01:00 Jim Steil <[email protected]>: > I would love to do some work on this if there was a mentor out there > willing to help me get started. > > -Jim > > On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 5:34 AM, António Ramos <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Maybe Massimo will read this and give us some hints on how to make DAL >> use the ibm_dbi >> >> Regards >> >> >> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >> Sem >> vírus. www.avast.com >> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >> <#m_-1570189098853613606_m_-8595142087007992887_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >> >> 2017-03-17 21:06 GMT+00:00 Jim S <[email protected]>: >> >>> 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 >>> >>> -- >>> Resources: >>> - http://web2py.com >>> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >>> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >>> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "web2py-users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> Resources: >> - http://web2py.com >> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "web2py-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/to >> pic/web2py/qrlN5TSSBgs/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
