I just need to know if asp can connect to a db2 database.  If it can will I 

need a driver,etc.?  Thanks.

Not too sure about DB2 on the Windows environment. But in our case where we 

have a DB2 runnning in a AS/400 box, we use the Client Access software 

provided by IBM. You just need to use ADO to connect to it.



Hope it helps,

Weimeng



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>Subject: [asp_databases] Can ASP connect to a DB2 Database

>Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 18:49:59

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>I just need to know if asp can connect to a db2 database.  If it can will I

>need a driver,etc.?  Thanks.

>

Simple answer, yes, ASP can connect to a DB2 database.



You will need a driver for the connection and this is where it gets more

complicated.  What version of DB2 are you connecting to?  Is it running on

AIX?  NT?  OS390?  AS400?  Basically, you'll need to find the ODBC and/or

OLE DB (if it's available for the version of DB2 you're running) drivers for

the version and platform of DB2 you are running.  Two good places to start

are IBM's Web site (specifically the sections about DB2) and the Micrsoft

Web site (specifically the section about data access at

http://www.microsoft.com/data/).



Depending on your version of DB and the platform it's on, you may need or

want to use a third-party vendor's drivers.  We currently use Neon Systems'

ShadowDirect to create an ODBC connection to DB2 running on an OS/390

mainframe.



-Stephen



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> 

> I just need to know if asp can connect to a db2 database.  If 

> it can will I 

> need a driver,etc.?  Thanks.

>