Hello,

I'm writing some java code that reads data from a DB2 table on an IBM
iSeries which is then used to update a Clipper database on a Windows
server.

We have been instructed that the majority of the code needs to run on the
iSeries where the DB2 database exists and as little as possible on the
Windows server.

The ODBC driver that is supplied with Windows has the capability to access
the .DBF files used by Clipper so I am planning to use that to read/write
the Clipper database.

If my java class is running on the iSeries server then what's the best way
of accessing the ODBC driver on the remote Windows server?

I have considered using sockets to pass the data between two java classes
and also looked at RMI.

Any comments on using these approaches?

Is there another way of doing this?

Thanks