Database Overview: Navigating Monarch Application's Data

Database support for Monarch Applications is provided by ASNA DataGate.

DataGate is a client/server facility capable of providing .NET programs access to data in either Microsoft SQL Server or IBM’s DB2 on IBM i.

The client side of DataGate is embodied in the ASNA.QSys.DataGate.Client.dll (DG Client) .NET assembly. There are two protocols that DG Client can employ to talk to the database server:

  1. DataGate Datalink
  2. ADO .NET

ADO.NET Protocol