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v5:database:ibm_db2

IBM DB2

Specification
Driver Namedb2
Data Providerdb2
StatusActive1)
WindowsYes
UnixYes
ADOdb V5Yes
ADOdb V6Yes
Alternative Drivers

ODBC Driver For IBM DB2

See Also

setConnectionParameter()

Description

This driver provides a connection to IBM DB2 Databases, using the IBM Data Client. This driver replaces the original DB2 ODBC driver.

PHP Drivers For Windows

PHP 7 and 8 drivers for windows are currently available here


uCaseTables

syntax
 $db->uCaseTables = true/false;

Column names are now always returned in upper-case by the driver. Use of this variable is deprecated as of ADODb version 5.21.0 and will be removed in version 6.0.0

This variable sets the keys in metaColumns,metaPrimaryKeys and metaForeignKeys to upper-case when retrieved. The default is true.

$mt = $db->getMetaColumns('ACT');
print_r($mt);
 
$db->uCaseTables = false;
$mt = $db->getMetaColumns('ACT');
print_r($mt);


Connection Example Using Instance

The DB2 database must be catalogued for a connection like this to work.

Building a catalog entry

This is a simple example building a catalogued connection from a windows client to a remote DB2 server running on a machine named adodb-db2.local. The server is running on port 25010. We will add a DSN entry called adodb-test

db2cli writecfg add -database SAMPLE -host adodb-db2.local -port 25010 
db2cli writecfg add -dsn adodb-test -database SAMPLE -host adodb-db2.local -port 25010

To use this DSN

include '../adodb/adodb.inc.php';
$dsn = 'adodb-test';
$user = 'db2inst1';
$password = 'instance';
$conn = ADOnewConnection('db2');
$conn->connect($dsn, $user, $password);

Connection Example Using DSN

include '../adodb/adodb.inc.php';
$dsn = 'hostname=adodb-db2.local;protocol=tcpip;port=25010;database=SAMPLE;uid=db2inst1;pwd=instance';
$conn = ADOnewConnection('db2');
$conn->connect($dsn);

db2oci

Specification
Driver Namedb2oci
Data Providerdb2
StatusDeprecated2)
WindowsYes
UnixYes
ADOdb V5Yes
ADOdb V6No

This driver re-maps ibm :0 bind variables to oracle compatible ? variables. Use this driver to enhance compatiblity between Oracle and DB2 drivers.

The driver is deprecated. To write portable code that uses bind parameters and can be shared between DB2 and Oracle, use the param() method.


db2ora

Specification
Driver Namedb2
Data Providerdb2
StatusObsolete3)
WindowsYes
UnixYes
ADOdb V5Yes
ADOdb V6No

This driver provides undocumented bind variable mapping from ibm to oracle.The functionality appears to overlap the db2_oci driver

Case Sensitivity In Table And Column Names

Unlike most DBMS, DB2 provides complete control over the casing of table and column names. This means, for example, that the tables ACCOUNTS, accounts and Accounts can exist simultaneously in the same database.

In normal usage, table and column names can be searched in a case insensitive manner. That insensitivity always applies precedence to the upper case table name. In this example, 2 tables exist: ACCOUNTS and accounts.

$sql = 'SELECT * FROM ACCOUNTS';
 
$sql = 'SELECT * FROM accounts';
 
/*
* Both of these queries will query the ACCOUNTS table
*/

In order to query the accounts table, it will be necessary to modify the SQL statement, using double quotes

$sql = 'SELECT * FROM "accounts"'

Query Precedence

The following order of query precedence applies:

  1. If a single table name exists in a database, the table can be queried in any way as long as the table name is not quoted
  2. If a single table name exists in a database, a query must match the casing of the name if the query table name is quoted
  3. If multiple tables with the same name apply, any unquoted query will search a table name with upper casing, no matter how the query table name is constructed.

Table Names With Special Characters

Any table name containing special characters will need to be quoted in all queries.

1)
This driver is actively supported by ADOdb project members
2)
This driver is deprecated as of ADOdb version 5.21 and will be removed in ADOdb version 6
3)
This driver is not supported, and will be removed in ADOdb V6
v5/database/ibm_db2.txt · Last modified: 2023/01/24 03:53 by mnewnham