DisableBinaryDataSupport IBM data server driver configuration keyword

Specifies whether binary data types are reported as binary or character data types.

Equivalent CLI keyword
BitData
Equivalent IBM® Data Server Provider for .NET connection string keyword
N/A
db2dsdriver.cfg configuration syntax
<parameter name="DisableBinaryDataSupport" value="0 | 1"/>
Default setting:
Report FOR BIT DATA and BLOB data types as binary data types.
Usage notes:

This option allows you to specify whether ODBC binary data types (SQL_BINARY, SQL_VARBINARY, SQL_LONGVARBINARY, and SQL_BLOB), are reported as binary type data. IBM DBMSs support columns with binary data types by defining CHAR, VARCHAR, and LONG VARCHAR columns with the FOR BIT DATA attribute. Db2 will also support binary data via the BLOB data type (in this case it is mapped to a CLOB data type).

Only set DisableBinaryDataSupport = 1 if you are sure that all columns defined as FOR BIT DATA or BLOB contain only character data, and the application is incapable of displaying binary data columns.

  • 0 = report FOR BIT DATA and BLOB data types as binary data types (default).
  • 1 = report FOR BIT DATA and BLOB data types as character data types.