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Understanding DB2®: Learning Visually with Examples
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Understanding DB2®: Learning Visually with Examples

by Raul F. Chong, Clara Liu, Sylvia F. Qi, Dwaine R. Snow
January 2005
Beginner to intermediate
928 pages
22h 14m
English
IBM Press
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6.4. Configuring Database Connections Using the Configuration Assistant

If you don't feel comfortable using DB2 commands, you can use the Configuration Assistant (CA), a graphical tool to configure connections on a client machine. The CA catalogs the DB2 directories for you.

The CA's Add Database Wizard offers three methods to configure a database connection from a client machine.

  • Search the network: With this method, you do not need to know any communication-specific information about the database server, such as the TCP/IP port and database name. The CA will find that out for you using DB2's Discovery ability and will update the DB2 directories.

  • Use a profile: A profile contains all the information necessary to create a connection between ...

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