Connection strings for AS/400 (IBM iSeries)

IBM DB2 for i .NET data provider

Type .NET Framework Class Library
 Usage
Manufacturer IBM
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Set example values

Standard

    
DataSource=myServerAddress;UserID=myUsername;Password=myPassword;DataCompression=True;
 
 

IBM Client Access OLE DB provider

Type OLE DB Provider
 Usage Provider=IBMDA400
 Manufacturer IBM
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Set example values

Standard

    
Provider=IBMDA400;Data Source=MY_SYSTEM_NAME;User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword;

Where MY_SYSTEM_NAME is the name given to the system connection in OperationsNavigator

 
 

Specifying cellection

    
Provider=IBMDA400;Data Source=MY_SYSTEM_NAME;User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword;
Default Collection=MY_LIBRARY;

Where MY_SYSTEM_NAME is the name given to the System Connection, and MY_LIBRARY is the name given to the library in iSeries Navigator.

 
 

.NET Framework Data Provider for OLE DB

Type .NET Framework Wrapper Class Library
 Usage System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection
 Manufacturer Microsoft
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Set example values

Use an OLE DB provider from .NET

    
Provider=any oledb provider's name;OledbKey1=someValue;OledbKey2=someValue;

See the respective OLEDB provider's connection strings options. The .net OleDbConnection will just pass on the connection string to the specified OLEDB provider. Read more here.

 
 

IBM Client Access ODBC driver

Type ODBC Driver
 Usage Driver={Client Access ODBC Driver (32-bit)}
 Manufacturer IBM
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Set example values

Standard

    
Driver={Client Access ODBC Driver (32-bit)};System=my_system_name;Uid=myUsername;
Pwd=myPassword;
 
 

Variant

Try this if you encounter a "runtime error 3000; reserved error (-7778); there is no message for this error" message.

    
Driver={Client Access ODBC Driver (32-bit)};System=my_system_name;Uid=myUsername;
Pwd=myPassword;MGDSN=0;
 
 

IBM iSeries Access ODBC driver

Type ODBC Driver
 Usage Driver={iSeries Access ODBC Driver}
 Manufacturer IBM
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Set example values

Standard

This driver is newer than the one above.

    
Driver={iSeries Access ODBC Driver};System=my_system_name;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;
 
 

Variant

Try this if you encounter a "runtime error 3000; reserved error (-7778); there is no message for this error" message.

    
Driver={iSeries Access ODBC Driver};System=my_system_name;Uid=myUsername;Pwd=myPassword;
MGDSN=0;
 
 

.NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC

Type .NET Framework Wrapper Class Library
 Usage System.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection
 Manufacturer Microsoft
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Set example values

Use an ODBC driver from .NET

    
Driver={any odbc driver's name};OdbcKey1=someValue;OdbcKey2=someValue;

See the respective ODBC driver's connection strings options. The .net OdbcConnection will just pass on the connection string to the specified ODBC driver. Read more here.

 
 

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