Database server

For Data Transfer, ODBC, iSeries™ Navigator database, and iSeries Access for Windows^® providers (OLE DB and the .NET Data provider).

The database server allows clients access to the functions included with DB2^® UDB for iSeries . This server provides:

• Support for remote SQL access
• Access to data through ODBC, ADO, OLE DB, and .NET Data Provider interfaces
• Database functions (such as creating and deleting files and adding and removing file members)
• Retrieval functions for obtaining information about database files that exist on the system (such as SQL catalog functions)

Additionally, you can use Distributed Relational Database Architecture™ (DRDA^®) with the database server and with SQL packages. DRDA is not supported by OLE DB or the .NET Data Provider.

Choose from the following topics for more information on working with DRDA. Also, see the Distributed database programming topic collection for additional information about DRDA.

• Database server programs
  See a list of database server programs with descriptions and associated libraries.
• SQL packages
  SQL packages bind SQL statements in an application program to a relational database. They are used to enhance the performance of applications that use dynamic SQL support by allowing the application to reuse information about the SQL requests.
• Statement naming conventions
  Identify enforced naming conventions.
• Rules and restrictions when using DRDA
  Distributed Relational Database Architecture™ (DRDA) is an architecture that allows access to other databases that support DRDA. For more information about DRDA, see Distributed database programming.