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WDSC -- Using DBBeans.jar for data access

Jim Mason, Search400.com expert
12.26.2002
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IBM's WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries (WDSC) tool set offers some handy wizards that can generate several basic types of Web applications. One of the easiest wizards to use is the Web database pages wizard. It generates a simple Web database application that allows custom search, select and view using your own custom SQL statement.

You can also use the IBM DBBeans.jar file directly in your own applications productively. It's easier than building your own database components and easier than using JDBC directly.

Below is a simple example that uses the IBM DB Beans to print a simple report to the System console.

Advantages for using DB Beans:

One Bean to report on any file in DB2? That's the kind of power Java offers compared to RPG. Could this

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have been done in RPG? Yes. Would it have taken less than an hour to learn how to do? No.

To do the example below, do the following:

Output report on SQL query using DBBeans.jar
The output below is not formatted at all, but it DOES show how easy it is to quickly generate standard reports using a single Java bean that takes String parameters to define an SQL query dynamically.

Your next steps

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About the author: Jim Mason is president of ebt-now.com, and he writes, consults, teaches, designs and develops iSeries Web applications using Java, WebSphere, DB2, Lotus Domino and the WebSphere Development Tools for iSeries.

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