ODBC administration

iSeries™ Access for Windows^® includes an ODBC driver that can allow your applications convenient access to DB2^® UDB for iSeries databases in your network. This topic provides an overview of ODBC, instructions for setting up the driver, and a troubleshooting guide.

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 iSeries Access for Windows ODBC programming, where you can get information on the following subtopics:

• ODBC API list
• ODBC API implementation
• Programming examples
• ODBC performance

• Overview of the iSeries Access ODBC driver
  Provides a general description of ODBC, and how you can use it with iSeries Access for Windows.
• Set up your system for the iSeries Access ODBC driver
  Presents procedures for setting up your environment to support the ODBC driver. For help configuring the ODBC driver, start the ODBC administration program from the iSeries Access for Windows program group, and refer to the online help.
• iSeries Access for Windows ODBC security
  Highlights a few security considerations when working with ODBC, and provides references to more detailed security instructions.
• Troubleshoot ODBC
  Helps you solve a few of the more commonly encountered difficulties with iSeries Access for Windows and ODBC. It also identifies several tools that can help you remove performance bottlenecks. You should review this information before contacting technical support.