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IBM Domino Designer Basic User Guide and Reference
Basic product usage information and programming language reference information.
Lotus® Connectors
Lotus® Connectors provide native access to a wide variety of DBMS products, ODBC, the platform File system, Enterprise Resource Planning systems, and Transaction Processing systems.
Lotus® Connectors and Connectivity Guide
Chapter 5 Lotus® Connector for DB2®
This chapter provides information about the Lotus® Connector for DB2®, including descriptions of the fields in the connection document.
Introduction to the Lotus® Connector for DB2®
The Lotus® Connector for DB2® delivers connectivity to the DB2 Universal Database™ (UDB), enabling IBM® Lotus Enterprise Integrator® (LEI), Domino® Enterprise Connection Services (DECS), and Domino applications written in LotusScript® to access DB2 using the standard Lotus Connector API. The Lotus Connector for DB2 does not give access to all features of the DB2 UDB.

Introduction to the Lotus® Connector for DB2®

The Lotus® Connector for DB2® delivers connectivity to the DB2 Universal Database™ (UDB), enabling IBM® Lotus Enterprise Integrator® (LEI), Domino® Enterprise Connection Services (DECS), and Domino® applications written in LotusScript® to access DB2® using the standard Lotus® Connector API. The Lotus® Connector for DB2® does not give access to all features of the DB2® UDB.

The Lotus® Connector for DB2® uses the DB2® Client Level Interface (CLI) to perform actions between the Lotus® Connector API and DB2®.

For information about configuring and testing connectivity, see chapter 2.

For general information about Lotus® Connectors, see chapter 3.

After creating your DB2® connections, you should test each of them using the connection document test utility provided with LEI.

Obtaining Updated DB2® Information

Current® information about DB2® can be found at http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2.