[ale] OT: Querying DB2 on an AS400 via Perl on a Linux appliance

[cluon at geeklabs.com (Mike Harrison)]

On Thu, 22 Mar 2012, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> a Linux appliance that connects out to a DB2 database running on an AS400.
>
> At work we have a new customer and haven't worked with DB2/AS400 before
> and that combination with Perl is a bit hard to find practical
> information on.

I'm remote.. but I've done this many moons ago using ADO I think.
IBM's website is prety good and deep, but not well google'd because you
have to have a login for lot of information.

I think I have tossed DB2 magazines with examples for PHP and Perl, I know 
it's possible.

Often though, it's easier for the DB2 system to export CSV or fixed length 
text, and import that.