Overview of the CICS Db2 interface

This section gives an overview of the CICS® interface to Db2®.

Overview: How CICS connects to Db2
A CICS Db2 attachment facility is provided with CICS. The CICS Db2 attachment facility provides CICS applications with access to Db2 data while operating in the CICS environment.
Overview: How threads work
Each CICS transaction needs its own thread to access Db2.
Overview: Enabling CICS application programs to access Db2
A CICS application program that accesses Db2 must be prepared in the same way as a normal CICS application program, and must also go through the Db2 bind process to produce an application plan.

Parent topic: Access to databases and data sets