Re: [drda-dev] Re: openDRDA, collection name from command line

[Brian B. <ca...@ai...>]

On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Terrence Enger wrote:

> >> I am not allowed to create or rename libraries (collections) on my AS/400.
> >> Hence I added the collection name to the url on the command line and to
> DRDA.
> >
> >I was afraid of this.  I'm assuming the default NULLID collection doesn't
> >work for you, or are we specifically talking about packages?
> >
> >Do you think perhaps a configuration file is necessary such as (samba
> >style):
> >
> >[myas400box]
> >
> >  hostname = as400.my.domain.com
> >  port = 446
> >  collection = NULLID
> >  package = OPENDRDA
> >  CCSID = 500
> >
> >I have some code I can import from freetds to do all this.  It is
> >unfortunate that one needs a collection/package to operate in DB2.  We'll
> >need the consistancy token here too, which can be queried from the
> >database, but it's a chicken and egg thing, we need it to query.
> 
> I suppose something like this will have to come eventually.  However, I
> think the url-like scheme on the command line is pretty neat.

JDBC uses a url scheme with an unlimited number of options by appending
';option=value' onto the url.  Perhaps that is a better solution:

drda://db2inst1@localhost:3506/sample;collection=NULLID;CCSID=500

That's gives us some options without having to continually extend the url
scheme and without needing a config file.
 
I'll get the rest of the patch commited tonight (I think..)

Cheers,

Brian