OAT Management's Weblog http://www.openlinksw.com:443/weblog/oat/ 2026-07-17T23:02:10Z Data access: compare with IBM 2007-04-20T07:17:21Z Data access: compare with IBM IBM has recently release their own JS-based DB connectivity API. Unfortunately, they are quite restricted in terms of DB choice and Data formats selection. Let me give you a quick comparison of OAT's Data access layer with IBM Database Connectivity for JavaScript:  Feature  OAT - data access layer  IBM Database Connectivity for JS  Data sources  SQL, RDF, XML, Web Services  SQL  Platform  Independent (Client and Server)  Windows XP* (Client and Server)  Application server  Any HTTP (WebDAV preferred)  PHP 5 with PDO extension  SQL databases  ODBC, JDBC, OLEDB, ADO.NET, Virtuoso  IBM DB2  *Windows XP is mentioned in the Requierements page. However, one may safely assume that JS code (Client) will run on any plaform. Similarly, it is mentioned that other DB/OS combo might work by using other, PDO-compliant server.
Data access: compare with IBM
IBM has recently release their own JS-based DB connectivity API. Unfortunately, they are quite restricted in terms of DB choice and Data formats selection. Let me give you a quick comparison of OAT's Data access layer with IBM Database Connectivity for JavaScript:

 Feature
  OAT - data access layer
  IBM Database Connectivity for JS
 Data sources
  SQL, RDF, XML, Web Services
  SQL
 Platform  Independent (Client and Server)
  Windows XP* (Client and Server)
 Application server
  Any HTTP (WebDAV preferred)
  PHP 5 with PDO extension
 SQL databases
  ODBC, JDBC, OLEDB, ADO.NET, Virtuoso
  IBM DB2 

*Windows XP is mentioned in the Requierements page. However, one may safely assume that JS code (Client) will run on any plaform. Similarly, it is mentioned that other DB/OS combo might work by using other, PDO-compliant server.

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