IBM Data Server Drivers (Db2 Connect Client)

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Db2 Connect Client provides connectivity to mainframe and databases from Linux, UNIX, and Windows operating systems. You can connect to Db2® databases on the z/OS®, IBM® i, VSE, and VM operating systems and on IBM Power Systems hardware. You can also connect to databases that you did not create by using IBM products if they are Distributed Relational Database Architecture™ (DRDA) compliant.

Types of Db2 Connect Client drivers

1) IBM Data Server Driver Package (DS driver)
2) IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ
3) IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI
4) IBM Data Server Provider for .NET
5) IBM Data Server Provide for .NET Core
6) IBM Data Server Provide for .NET EFCore
7) IBM Database Add-Ins for Visual Studio (VSAI)
8) Open Source Drivers and Frameworks (Go, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, R, Ruby, Swift, Kotlin, Scala etc)
9) IBM Data Server Runtime Client
10) IBM Data Server Client

For more detail, please refer Getting started with IBM Data Server Drivers

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Latest Discussions

RE: IBM.Data.DB2.Core - AccessViolationException: Attempted ...

By: John Rummell , one month ago

That helps, although the FAQ answer could include more information. In order to set an environment variable in an Azure web app, you actually have to add an Application Setting under the Configuration tab. The following setting fixed this for me: Name: ...
Cannot connect to DB2: IBM.Data.DB2.Core version 3.1.0.400 ...

By: Deepak Softwares , one month ago

I'm using nuget package IBM.Data.DB2.Core version 3.1.0.400 to connect to IBM DB2 database from Azure functions with Azure Functions Version v3 (Windows). Application builds successfully. While executing it locally itself, I am facing following exception. ...
RE: IBM.Data.DB2.Core - AccessViolationException: Attempted ...

By: Deepak Softwares , one month ago

Hi John, May be this might help you resolve your issue. I have found this from following link: Q: Getting an Access Violation Exception when connecting to IBM i and Db2 databases from Azure. Is it a known issue? It is fixed in version 3.1.0.400 ...

Calling unqualified external stored procedures from Db2 for i user library using IBM Data Server Provider for .NET Core or .NET5

By: Tapan Ghosh one month ago

While migrating applications from Db2 for IBM i .NET Provider to IBM Data Server Provider for .NET Core or .NET5, we need to take care of different aspects of both providers. The unqualified object names refer to an object without specifying the schema, ...

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VS Code extension for Db2 Connect

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Creating Linux based Docker applications using Db2 Data Providers for .NET Core and .NET 5.0

By: Hosathota Vishwanatha 11 months ago

Microsoft supports developing applications which runs on Docker starting from Visual Studio 2017. Docker for Windows is available for install at https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/install/ This article explains how to create a ...
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