[DERBY-5920] Network Server should accept DRDA connections from drivers with the StarQuest PRDID "SIG"

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 10.9.1.0
• Component/s: Network Server
• Labels: DRDA SIG StarQuest StarSQL client network
• Environment: Any
• Urgency: Normal
• Bug behavior facts: Deviation from standard
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: David Brown
• Created: 07/Sep/12 01:09
• Updated: 17/Sep/12 17:24

Description

Background - Refer to DERBY-5565

"Derby Network Server has been changed to reject client connections from clients that are not Derby Network Client (Those that do not send PRDID starting with DNC).
Rationale for Change: There are currently no known supported network clients for Derby Network Server other than Derby Network Client."

This is incorrect - StarQuest Ventures has a shipping DRDA-compliant network client "StarSQL for Java" that has supported Derby since August 2008. It is listed at http://wiki.apache.org/db-derby/UsesOfDerby.

This change means that we can now only use an older version of Derby until our PRDID is added.

Our PRDID is SIG - see http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v7r1m0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fddp%2Frbal1exitpgms.htm for a list of DRDA PRDID's.