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I used the HiT driver in the past, and it handled everything we needed it to do. &nbsp;I don't know what is the &quot;best&quot; way to get data, but a data reader is usually a good choice.<br />
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<a href="http://www.hitsw.com/products_services/sql400/dlsql400.html" rel="ugc">http://www.hitsw.com/products_services/sql400/dlsql400.html</a><br />
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I used the HiT driver in the past, and it handled everything we needed it to do.  I don't know what is the "best" way to get data, but a data reader is usually a good choice.

http://www.hitsw.com/products_services/sql400/dlsql400.html [http://www.hitsw.com/products_services/sql400/dlsql400.html]

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I have vb.net 2005 with client access V5R4MO with an AS400, what's the best way to connect to it to retreive data? &nbsp;Thanks
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I have vb.net 2005 with client access V5R4MO with an AS400, what's the best way to connect to it to retreive data?  Thanks

vb.net 2005 connect to AS400

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