Summary

The ODBC and CLI specifications are two very similar APIs for writing programs that connect to relational databases. Many popular programming languages have either adopted these APIs or built thin wrappers on top of them. In this chapter, you have learned:

  • How the Apache Derby Network Server communicates with remote clients through DRDA

  • How the DB2 Universal Database client enables applications written to the ODBC or the DB2 CLI specification to communicate with an Apache Derby Network Server

  • How to install a DB2 client on Linux or Windows

  • How to add an Apache Derby database to the DB2 client catalog of database connections

  • How to test your connection to an Apache Derby database

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