Preface

About this Guide

Read this guide if you are responsible for performing tasks such as:

• installing and configuring the gateway

• administering the gateway

• using the gateway

Understand the fundamentals of transparent gateways and AS/400 before using this guide for installation or system administration.

Intended Audience

This guide is intended for anyone installing, configuring and administering the gateway, as well as for developers writing applications that access remote host databases through the gateway.

Documentation Accessibility

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Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

JAWS, a Windows screen reader, may not always correctly read the code examples in this document.  The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, JAWS may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

Product Name

The complete name for this product is Oracle Transparent Gateway for DB2/400, also abbreviated TG4DB2/400 in this document.

Conventions

Examples of input and output to the system are shown in a special font:

WRKCFGSTS *DEV device_name

Punctuation, such as commas and quotes, must be entered as shown unless otherwise specified.  All output is shown as it actually appears.  For input, these conventions apply:

Convention	Meaning
UPPERCASE	Uppercase words, such as WRKCFGSTS, indicate a word or phrase must be entered exactly as spelled.
lowercase code font	Lowercase, such as device_name, indicates a word or phrase must be substituted, such as the actual device name.
<>	Angle brackets indicate the enclosed arguments are required, and at least one of the arguments must be entered.  Do not enter the brackets themselves.
[ ]	Square brackets indicate the enclosed arguments are optional.  Do not enter the brackets themselves
|	Vertical lines separate choices.
...	Ellipses indicate the preceding item can be repeated.  You can enter an arbitrary number of similar items.

Commands, reserved words, and keywords appear in uppercase in both examples and text.  A file ID can appear with both upper- and lowercase text.  The portions of a file ID appearing in lowercase indicate those portions can vary.  Reserved words and keywords must always be entered as is and have reserved meanings within Oracle.

Storage Measurements

Storage measurements use these abbreviations:

• KB, for kilobyte, which equals 1024 bytes

• MB, for megabyte, which equals 1, 048, 576 bytes

• GB, for gigabyte, which equals 1, 073, 741, 824 bytes

Documents Referenced in this Guide

Oracle Books:

Oracle9i Administrator's Reference

Oracle Advanced Security Administrator's Guide

Oracle9i Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals

Oracle C++ Call Interface Programmer's Guide

Oracle Call Interface Programmer's Guide

Oracle9i Database Administrator's Guide

Oracle9i Database Error Messages

Oracle9i Database Reference

Oracle9i Database Utilities

Oracle9i Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide

Oracle9i Net Services Administrator's Guide

Oracle9i Net Services Reference Guide

Oracle9i SQL Reference

Oracle Universal Installer Concepts Guide

PL/SQL User's Guide and Reference

SQL*Plus User's Guide and Reference

IBM Books:

Refer to the IBM documents for your platform and operating system.