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5.3 Creating and configuring DB2 Data Source
An application uses a data source to access the data in the database. A data
source is associated with a JDBC provider that supplies the specific JDBC driver
implementation class. The data source represents the J2EE Connector
Architecture (JCA) connection factory for the relational resource adapter.
You can create multiple data sources associated with the same JDBC provider.
Each JDBC provider supports the interfaces defined by Sun Microsystems listed
below. These interfaces enable the application to run in a single-phase or
two-phase transaction protocol.
ConnectionPoolDataSource
A data source that supports application pa