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Old 10-22-08, 06:30
nikarliah nikarliah is offline
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ODBC Driver for DB2

Hi guys!

i'm a newbie here.

could you please help me find an third party obdc driver for DB2. my client has an OS of Windows environment.

i hope somebody can help me. GOD bless!

Nikarliah
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Old 10-22-08, 07:35
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What's wrong with the DB2 driver? It comes free with the DB2 client.
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Old 10-22-08, 08:09
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What's wrong with the DB2 driver? It comes free with the DB2 client.
currently, we're using the DB2 driver but i feel that accessing the database is slow. that's why i'm looking for alternative OBDC driver that may allow me access the database faster.
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Old 10-22-08, 09:08
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Hi,
I really doubt that ODBC driver is main performance problem. Can you post SQL that is running so slow? Can you provide db2 version (command: db2level) and db2 edition (command: db2licm -l).

I would check expain of SQL. Use Command Center, connect to database, write down select statement and execute "Access Plan" button.
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Old 10-22-08, 16:03
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I would recommend against anything but the DB2 driver. If you read here for a while, you will find that problems related to the MS ODBC driver are reported once in a while and that switching to the DB2 driver often fixes those problems.
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Old 10-23-08, 01:39
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i really appreciate your comments & concern guys. great!

but at least can anyone provide me a third party OBDC driver so that we can test? it would be an experience to me as well. thanks.
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