What is AS/400? Ecommerce? 1

[saroy71]

Hi,

We have been asked to develop an ecommerce web site (we are web developers) that must connect to and use an AS/400 backend. We are not familiar with this product. What exactly is AS/400? Is it a database, a server, a language? Can a php web page connect to it to access and store customer/order information? Is it similar to a MySQL database?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[jmd0252]

The AS400 is an platform,, ie hardware. It is the evolution, of the System 3, to the System 38, to the AS400. It has it's own database DB400. It does not run SQL, or Oracle. Althought you can install and run the AS400 version of SQL. It will support multiple partions, on a single machine. IBM Webshpere is the product that is most used for Web Develpment thur the AS400. It has it;s own operating system, ie OS400. If you want to establish a "real-time" link to the AS400, thru a web site, and you have 0% AS400 experience. You better go looking to subcontract the job.

 

[saroy71]

Thanks jmd0252 for your clear and candid answer. We do have 0% experience so we will look to subcontract.