ODBC administration

Windows Application Package includes an ODBC driver that allows your applications convenient access to Db2® for IBM® i databases in your network. This topic provides an overview of ODBC, instructions for setting up the driver, and a troubleshooting guide.

Note: For information and considerations when working with the ODBC APIs, refer to ODBC programming.

Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is a Microsoft standard for providing access to databases. It has a well-defined set of application programming interfaces (APIs) that use Structured Query Language (SQL) to access databases.

For help with integrating ODBC support into your applications, refer to the IBM i Access ODBC programming, where you can get information on the following subtopics:

ODBC API list
ODBC API implementation
Programming examples
ODBC performance