To access your data in an IBM Db2 database, create a connection asset for it.
IBM Db2 is a database that contains relational data.
Supported versions
IBM Db2 10.1 and later
Create a connection to Db2
To create the connection asset, you need the following connection details:
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Database
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Hostname or IP address
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Username and password
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Port
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Application name (optional): The name of the application that is currently using the connection. For information, see Client info properties support by the IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ.
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Client accounting information (optional): The value of the accounting string from the client information that is specified for the connection. For information, see Client info properties support by the IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ.
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Client hostname (optional): The hostname of the machine on which the application that is using the connection is running. For information, see Client info properties support by the IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ.
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Client user (optional): The name of the user on whose behalf the application that is using the connection is running. For information, see Client info properties support by the IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ.
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SSL certificate (if required by your database server)
Running SQL statements
To ensure that your SQL statements run correctly, refer to the Structured Query Language (SQL) topic in the IBM Db2 product documentation for the correct syntax.
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Parent topic: Supported connections