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Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 Version 4.0 Product Documentation (Last updated 31st January, 2012) The Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 V 4.0 documentation provides information for installing and using version 4 of the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 (Data Provider). Copyright Information in this document, including URL and other Internet Web site references, is subject to change without notice. Unless otherwise noted, the companies, organizations, products, domain names, e-mail addresses, logos, people, places, and events depicted in examples herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, domain name, e-mail address, logo, person, place, or event is intended or should be inferred. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user. 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Table of Contents Getting Started................................................................................................................................. 7 In This Section .............................................................................................................................. 7 Overview of Data Provider ............................................................................................................... 7 Data Provider Features ................................................................................................................ 7 What’s New in Version 4.0 .............................................................................................................. 8 Installing Data Provider ................................................................................................................... 8 Installing Data Provider ................................................................................................................ 8 Supported Operating Systems .................................................................................................. 8 Prerequisite Software ............................................................................................................... 9 Upgrade from Previous Version ................................................................................................ 9 To Install the Product ................................................................................................................ 9 To install the product unattended ........................................................................................... 10 To repair the product installation ............................................................................................ 10 To uninstall the product .......................................................................................................... 11 To uninstall the product unattended ....................................................................................... 11 Planning and Architecture ............................................................................................................. 11 In This Section ............................................................................................................................ 11 Planning ......................................................................................................................................... 12 Planning various components .................................................................................................... 12 Data Provider .......................................................................................................................... 12 DB2 Servers ............................................................................................................................ 12 SQL Server Products .............................................................................................................. 12 SQL Server Data Consumers ................................................................................................. 13 Data Conversion ..................................................................................................................... 13 Code Page Conversion ........................................................................................................... 13 Security ................................................................................................................................... 13 Architecture .................................................................................................................................... 14 Data Provider ............................................................................................................................. 14 Data Provider Tools ................................................................................................................ 14 Data Access Tool with Data Source Wizard ........................................................................... 14 Data Links ............................................................................................................................... 14 Trace Utility ............................................................................................................................. 15 SQL Server Tools ....................................................................................................................... 15 SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) .............................................................................................. 15 SQL Server Management Studio ............................................................................................ 15 SQL Server Data Consumers .................................................................................................... 15 Integration Services ................................................................................................................ 15 Query Processor ..................................................................................................................... 15 Analysis Services .................................................................................................................... 16 Reporting Services.................................................................................................................. 16 Replication .............................................................................................................................. 17 Deployment .................................................................................................................................... 17 In This Section ............................................................................................................................ 17 Data Access Tool........................................................................................................................... 17 Data Access Tool User Interface ............................................................................................... 17 Data Access Tool windows ..................................................................................................... 17 Menu commands and toolbar ................................................................................................. 18 Data Access Tool Common Tasks ............................................................................................. 18 Creating a Data Source .......................................................................................................... 18 Opening a Data Source .......................................................................................................... 18 Importing a Data Source ......................................................................................................... 18 Editing a Data Source ............................................................................................................. 19 Testing a Connection .............................................................................................................. 19 Running a Sample Query ....................................................................................................... 19 Creating Packages.................................................................................................................. 19 Displaying a Connection String ............................................................................................... 20 Changing a Password ............................................................................................................. 20 Locating a Connection Definition ...........................................................................................