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Managing Connections to Databases Using the Client Configuration Assistant
The Client Configuration Assistant (CCA) helps you manage your database
connections to remote servers. The CCA is available on OS/2 and Windows
32-bit operating systems. This is the preferred method to set up any OS/2,
Windows 9x, or Windows NT client to communicate with a server.
You can use the command line processor to set up DB2 clients on any
platform. For more information, refer to the Installation and Configuration
Supplement.
With the Client Configuration Assistant, you can:
v Catalog databases so that they can be used by applications. Three methods
are available:
– Search the network for available databases and selecting one. Client
access is automatically set up for that database. DB2 Connect Personal
Edition is limited in that it cannot search for Host or AS/400 databases,
except through a DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition server.
– Use a database access profile provided by a database administrator to
automatically define your connections. Client access is automatically set
up for that database.
– Manually configure a connection to a database by entering the required
connection parameters.
v Remove cataloged databases, or change the properties of a cataloged
database.
v Test connections to local or remote databases identified on your system.
v Bind applications to a database by selecting utilities or bind files from a list.
v Tune the client configuration parameters on your system. Parameters are
logically grouped and suggested settings are provided on the interface as
parameters are selected.
Developing Applications Using the DB2 Software Developer’s Kit
The DB2 Software Developer’s Kit is a collection of tools that are designed to
meet the needs of database application developers. It includes libraries,
header files, documented APIs, and sample programs to build character-based,
multimedia, or object-oriented applications.
A platform-specific version of the DB2 Software Developer’s Kit is available
for each of the supported operating systems and is currently available in the
DB2 Universal Developer’s Edition and the DB2 Personal Developer’s Edition.
Applications that are developed with the DB2 Software Developer’s Kit will
run on any platform where the equivalent DB2 client component is installed.
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