I’m hoping someone can hgelp. I have designed an application that ties DB2 and a Notes database together. Connectivity is not an issue either. When I first perform the “Initialize Keys” step, the activity imports records into the Notes database just fine. But after that, I don’t get anything else. If there are records added to the DB2 side of things, they don’t show up in Notes.
Any ideas or guidance would be appreciated.
Steve
Subject: DECs not updating Notes records
I’m afraid this is a case of ‘you get what you pay for’. DECS, which is free with the Domino Server, is a limited version of LEI (available for additional charge). DECS is a great product, but it is only designed to do look-ups into external databases when a Notes document is activated. There is no mechanism in DECS to detect the creation of new records in the external database, nor will your Notes documents learn of changes in linked external data unless someone opens the Notes document (and then saves the document).
LEI can do all of the things you are looking for.
There is a 3rd option. The ‘LC LSX’ tools and connectors are also free. These are the building blocks for DECS and LEI. You can use them to program your own code to communicate with the external data.
Look in the ‘Lotus Enterprise Integration’ forum for more information.
Good Luck!