thank you very much orly,
would you know if i could use db2 connect to access a db2 database residing on
a rs/6000 box ?
grateful,
-eric
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, you wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, neuroticimbecile wrote:
> ..
> > any of you guys done this before?
> >
> > i have a db2 dbu running on an ibm rs/6000.
> > and i have a intel linux box.
> >
> > i need to access the db2 database from my linux box.
>
> Download DB2 for Linux (must be the Enterprise edition, the personal
> development edition [PDE] does not have DB2 Connect). Unfortunately the EE
> is only good for 90 days.. after which you pay.
>
> Once you have DB2 installed (easy, bunch of RPM's, drops in /opt) you can
> build DBD::DB2. Then you can talk to your DB2 just the same way I talk to
> PostgreSQL and Oracle -- via Perl..
>
> You just gotta love Perl.
>
> I don't kow how to set up the DB2 Connect though (analogous to
> tnsnames.ora and listener.ora).
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