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Anyone accessed mainframe database with LiveCode ?
I am a dinosaur mainframe developer trying to get into mobile programming.
Wondering if it is possible to get data off a mainframe with LiveCode ?

Every day. I've done this a variety of ways over the years, but BY FAR the easiest way is to use ODBC. If you have an ODBC module available for the mainframe, get it, and wow everyone with the cool things you can do with big iron and mobile together.

Also, you can build a middleware piece that does intermediate work between your mobile devices and your big iron (that's actually easier, IMHO, because even though it's an extra layer, it makes the communication and database locking simpler, and the security dudes are usually calmer with this approach).