ODBC administration

 

iSeries Access for Windows includes an ODBC driver that allows your applications convenient access to DB2 UDB databases in your network. This topic provides an overview of ODBC, instructions for setting up the driver, and a troubleshooting guide.

For information and considerations when working with the ODBC APIs, refer to ODBC programming.

Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is a Microsoft® standard for providing access to databases. It has a well-defined set of application programming interfaces (APIs) that use Structured Query Language (SQL) to access databases.

For help with integrating ODBC support into your applications, refer to the iSeries Access for Windows ODBC programming, where you can get information on the following subtopics:

 

Parent topic:

iSeries Access for Windows: Administration

Related concepts
iSeries ODBC Driver for Linux

Related reference
ODBC programming