Supported APIs and programming languages for external routine development

You can develop DB2® external routines (procedures and functions) using the following APIs and associated programming languages:

• ADO.NET

  • .NET Common Language Runtime programming languages

• CLI

• Embedded SQL
  • C
  • C++

  • COBOL (Only supported for procedures)

• JDBC

  • Java™

• OLE
  • Visual Basic
  • Visual C++

  • Any other programming language that supports this API.

• OLE DB (Only supported for table functions)

  • Any programming language that supports this API.

• SQLJ
  • Java