ODBC administration

IBM® i Access for Windows includes an ODBC driver that allows your applications convenient access to DB2® for IBM i databases in your network. This topic provides an overview of ODBC, instructions for setting up the driver, and a troubleshooting guide.

Note: For information and considerations when working with the ODBC APIs, refer to ODBC programming.

Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is a Microsoft standard for providing access to databases. It has a well-defined set of application programming interfaces (APIs) that use Structured Query Language (SQL) to access databases.

For help with integrating ODBC support into your applications, refer to the IBM i Access for Windows ODBC programming, where you can get information on the following subtopics:

Parent topic: IBM i Access for Windows: Administration
Related information:
IBM i Access ODBC
System i Access for Linux