IBM Data Server Driver instance merge modules (Windows)

It is recommended that you use IBM Data Server Driver instance merge modules. See the related links for details on DB2 instance merge modules.

Using IBM Data Server Driver instance Windows Installer merge modules, you can easily add IBM® Data Server Driver Package functionality to any product that uses the Windows Installer.

When you merge the modules, you are prompted to supply the copy name. Multiple copies of IBM Data Server Driver Package products can be installed on the same machine; so each copy is known by its unique name. This name is used when the installation is performed on each target machine. Choose a name that is unlikely to be already used for another IBM data server driver or DB2 copy. Suitable names include the name of your application, for example, myapp_dsdrivercopy_1. If the name is not unique, the installation fails.

For more information about merge module technology, see the documentation included with your installation authoring product or at http://msdn.microsoft.com.

The following merge module is available for your use:

IBM Data Server Driver Package Merge Module.msm

This module provides support for applications using ODBC, CLI, .NET, OLE DB, PHP, Ruby, JDBC, or SQLJ to access data. It also enables your application to use the IBM Data Server Provider for .NET (DB2 .NET Data Provider and IDS .NET Data Provider). The IBM Data Server Provider .NET is an extension of the ADO.NET interface that enables your .NET applications to quickly and securely access data from DB2 or Informix® databases.

DSDRIVER is created by using the merge module. Registering IBM Data Server Provider for .NET is based on the version of .NET framework installed on your system. For example, you have to install Microsoft .Net framework 2.0 before the installation.