Restriction: This topic applies to Windows environments only.
- OLE DB Provider
- The OLE DB provider to use. The value is always
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2.
- Data Source Name
- Type a name for this connection.
- User ID
- Type the user ID you want to use for your DB2 database login.
- Password
- Type the password you want to use for your DB2 database login.
- Allow Saving ADO.NET Connection Password
- In this version of HCOSS, this check box has no effect on the connection.
- Network Address
- The IP address used on your network to connect to your mainframe DB2 database.
- Network Port
- The port number used to access your mainframe DB2 database.
- Initial Catalog
- The name of the catalog used by your DB2 database.
- Package Collection
- The name of the package collection your DB2 database connection uses to talk to mainframe DB2.
- Host CCSID
- Type the DB2 CCSID value to use in program connection strings, or click
Get Default to connect to the mainframe using the connection information provided on this tab, and obtain the default CCSID value and
populate the field.
- Get Default
- Connect to the mainframe using the connection information provided on this tab, and obtain the default CCSID value to populate
the
Host CCSID field.
- Test
- Verify that the information you have specified on this tab is sufficient to create a working DB2 database connection.
- Save
- Create a DB2 ADO.NET connection based on the information you have specified on this tab.