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Search results: Db2 Connect and Drivers

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DB2SimpleDataSource and DB2XADataSource cannot be instantiated in modules with add-modules=java.sql only (without jdk.net.ExtendedSocketOptions 11.x => 12.x).

For security and reliability reason our infrastructure partner (MuleSoft) is adding as less java modules to the runtime as possible. While in java-module-context only those modules are accessible which are in the module-info.java of the module. In...
16 days ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Submitted

Will like to see default change for enableSysplexWLB from false to true since this property is mostly applicable to Db2 z/OS

We have lots and lots on JDBC connections to our Db2 z/OS servers. We also have a very large number of Db2 z/OS subsystems. About 98 % of those are Data Sharing. We are seeing large concentration of connections on only one particular member of the...
14 days ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Submitted

Make RESYNC port secured

Why is it useful?Making the DB2 resync port secure will protect it from getting hacked or allowing unsecured connections to a port that could be used to serve data from the mainframe for nefarious purposes beyond two-phase commit work. Who would b...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Planned for future release

Switch the "IBM Data Server Client" over to an MSI installer for Windows machines

Currently the installer uses an ancient InstallShield installer that is a nightmare to roll out. It would be nice if it could be transitioned over to an MSI installer because those are easier to uninstall and roll out.
about 2 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Under review

Looking for ability to specify Data Server Driver and Nuget package for different appls on same .NET server

We are interested in IBM providing the ability to support an application using a Db2 NuGet package for Db2 connectivity and another application using DS Driver or Db2 Client on the same .NET server for compatibility between the Db2 NuGet package f...
over 5 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 2 Delivered

Make Db2 Connect ready for the future (which is already here)

Hi IBM Community, hi IBM Support, as part of a Red Hat Enterprise Linux version change, at the moment we have to set up many new server systems for the application software we support.Our application software relies heavily on DB2 and so the IBM D...
over 1 year ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Submitted

IBM Data Server .Net Provider Support For Informix Types DATETIME

Hi, we are in the process of moving from .Net Framework to .Net Core. Currently using the Net5.IBM.Data.Db2 driver connecting through the DRDA protocol.For DATETIME data types we are having trouble searching. A simple query is throwing the excepti...
about 4 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 5 Future consideration

Offset for entity framework

I’m currently using Entity Framework to fetch data from DB2. Due to limitations in how paging works, I’ve had to enable UseRowNumberForPaging in the connection string, otherwise the Skip() functionality doesn’t generate valid SQL for DB2. Without ...
6 months ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 1 Planned for future release

Add a parameter value like GSK_MS_CERTIFICATE_STORE for SSLClientKeystoredb on linux

On windows systems you can configure the Db2 Data Server Driver Package to search for the CA certificate in the Microsoft key store by setting <parameter name="SSLClientKeystoredb" value="GSK_MS_CERTIFICATE_STORE"/> in db2dsdriver.cfg. Unfor...
over 2 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Future consideration

Add Smartcard certificate support for ibm_db (Python) client driver

Python is the most popular language in the area of data science and widely used in combination with Db2 - especially in environments with IAS accelerators. At the same time, many large and/or security-concious environments in general no longer acc...
about 5 years ago in Db2 / Db2 Connect and Drivers 0 Planned for future release