 | Level: Intermediate Roger E. Sanders (rsanders@netapp.com), Senior Manager - IBM Alliance Engineering, Network Appliance, Inc.
15 Feb 2007 This tutorial introduces you to DB2 Call-Level Interface (CLI)/ODBC programming and walks you through the basic steps used to construct a CLI/ODBC application.
This tutorial also introduces you to the process used to convert one or more high-level programming language source code files containing CLI/ODBC function calls into an executable application.
This is the fifth tutorial in a series of nine tutorials that are designed to help you prepare for the DB2 UDB V9.1 Application Developer Certification exam (Exam 733).
In this tutorial
This is the fifth in a series of nine tutorials that are designed to help you prepare for the DB2 V9.1 Application Developer Certification exam (Exam 733). The material in this tutorial covers the objectives in Section 5 of the exam, entitled "CLI/ODBC Programming".
Objectives - Learn what environment, connection, statement, and descriptor handles are, and how they are used by CLI/ODBC applications
- Learn about the steps involved in developing a CLI/ODBC application
- Learn the correct sequence to use when calling CLI/ODBC functions
- Learn how to establish a database connection from a CLI/ODBC application
- Learn how to configure a CLI/ODBC driver
- Learn how to evaluate CLI/ODBC function return codes and obtain diagnostic information when errors occur
- Learn how to convert source code files containing CLI/ODBC function calls into an executable application
Prerequisites
To take the DB2 9 Family Application Development exam, you must have already passed
the DB2 9 Family Fundamentals exam (Exam 730). You can use the "DB2 Family Fundamentals tutorial series" to prepare for that exam. It is a very popular series that has helped many people understand the fundamentals of the DB2 family of products.
System requirements
You do not need a copy of DB2 9 to complete this tutorial. However, if you wish, you can download a free copy of DB2 Express-C 9 from the DB2 Express-C downloads page.
Duration
Less than two hours
Formats html, pdf
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