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> There is another thread on AS/400 in the non-technical group where I
> got this information:
> "Visual dBASE 7 Client/Server has direct native drivers for the
> AS/400. No download required, VdB7 programs will run directly against
> DB2 on the server."

Unless there has been a very recent change that I'm unaware of, I'm afraid the
statement was incorrect.  The DB2 drivers are for "real" DB2, not DB2/400,
which is a different animal, as you might already know.  When at Borland for
the annual picnic several weeks back I asked specifically about native AS/400
support, and the answer was no, or perhaps not at this time.  I don't want to
put words in anyones' mouths inadvertantly!

> Pardon my ignorance but does anything special have to set up on the
> AS/400 for either method? 

Assuming the network interface on the AS/400 is setup, ODBC is handled
entirely through the router on the client side, so there's nothing special to
be done on the AS/400 itself.  

> They are using client access I believe.

The CA/400 ODBC driver works fine. The underlying transport can have an effect
on performance, of course.  Do you know how the connection to the AS/400 is
made?  802.2, SNA gateway, native TCP/IP, Twinax, etc.?  I use 802.2 with
NetSoft's router (both their OEM version and the IBM-licensed one).

kgc