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Creating an ODBC connection to an IBM DB2 database with an i IBMDA 400 server

  • November 27, 2018
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Hello,

We are trying to connect to a Naviline billing system that is used for water billing for the first time that has an IBM DB2 database with an i IBMDA 400 server. I saw this web page that was posted on June 1, 2016. https://knowledge.safe.com/articles/675/creating-an-odbc-connection-to-an-ibm-db2-database.html After reading this I am thinking this is the process to make this connection. The post is a couple of years old. Has anyone tried this process recently? The .exe file mentioned in the article is v9.7fp1_nt32_client.exe. Is this still the case or is there a newer one?

Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Laura

 

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    • November 28, 2018

    @lmawhinney7175 We haven't played around very much with IBM DB2 recently. I think you will have to match the driver and the client to the specific version of DB2 that you are using. I've added a section on 'Useful Links' to the bottom of the article Creating an ODBC connection to an IBM DB2 database. Hopefully that will point you to the correct IBM resources.

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    markatsafe wrote:

    @lmawhinney7175 We haven't played around very much with IBM DB2 recently. I think you will have to match the driver and the client to the specific version of DB2 that you are using. I've added a section on 'Useful Links' to the bottom of the article Creating an ODBC connection to an IBM DB2 database. Hopefully that will point you to the correct IBM resources.

    Thank you Mark for adding the links, I think this will help.

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    • markatsafe
    • December 14, 2018

    @lmawhinney7175 For ERP systems in general, one option to always consider is to explore whether they system supports a REST or SOAP API that you can interact with. Then instead of setting up a direct database connection, you can try using HTTPCaller to hit the REST/SOAP end point.

    In the case of Naviline, they do appear to support a simplified REST API that might be worth investigating.

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    markatsafe wrote:

    @lmawhinney7175 For ERP systems in general, one option to always consider is to explore whether they system supports a REST or SOAP API that you can interact with. Then instead of setting up a direct database connection, you can try using HTTPCaller to hit the REST/SOAP end point.

    In the case of Naviline, they do appear to support a simplified REST API that might be worth investigating.

    Thank you Mark for adding this additional piece of information. I will look into this as well.

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