DB2® Version 10.5 fix
packs includes important changes to existing features and additional
features that might affect DB2 Connect™ usage.
You
can download DB2 Connect fix
packs from the DB2 Fix Packs
by version page (https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007053).
Use this page to download a DB2 fix
pack for the installed DB2 product
you have. The link to each fix pack includes the APAR Fix List.
If you did not apply the
Version 10.5 fix
packs or did not update your local Information Center since
Version 10.5 was
available, you should review the following topics to understand the
technical changes included in the
Version 10.5 fix
packs that might affect
DB2 Connect.
Fix packs are cumulative, they contain all of the changes and functionality
shipped in previous fix packs.
DB2 Version
10.5 Fix Pack 5
DB2 Version
10.5 Fix Pack 5 contains
the functionality of the previous fix pack and includes the following
enhancements:
DB2 Cancun
Release 10.5.0.4
DB2 Cancun
Release 10.5.0.4 contains
the functionality of the previous fix pack and includes the following
enhancements:
- The CLI driver
that is included with this fix pack contains several enhancements.
For more information, see Call level interface (CLI) driver enhancements.
- The IBM Data Server Provider for .NET
that is included with this fix pack contains several enhancements.
For more information, see IBM Data Server Provider for .NET enhancements and features.
- Use of array variables in INSERT, UPDATE,
and DELETE statements are supported by embedded SQL applications.
See Compatibility features for migration
- You can skip local code page conversion
for the graphic data types in embedded SQL application with the SkipLocalCPConversionForWcharConvert IBM data server driver configuration
keyword. See SkipLocalCPConversionForWcharConvert IBM data server driver configuration
keyword.
- You can now obtain the details of all statement
handles that were allocated by the CLI driver
prior to enabling a DB2 trace.
To obtain this information, the db2trc trace
utility can be enabled with the -dumpstmt option.
See db2trc - Trace command.
- The db2cli command now
provides the DB2 connect
license information with the -displaylic option.
See db2cli - DB2 interactive CLI command.
- The db2cli command now
tests the connection to DB2 for z/OS® or DB2 for i server
with the server-side DB2 connect
license when the -useserverlic option is specified.
See db2cli - DB2 interactive CLI command.
- You can now format the DB2 trace
that is taken with the -cli option to a directory,
where separate trace files are created for each process id and thread
id. See db2trc - Trace command.
- The db2cli command now
tests a data source name (DSN) connection with an ODBC driver manager
when the -odbcdsn option is specified. See db2cli - DB2 interactive CLI command.
- The
db2connectactivate utility includes the following new features that
make it easier to use:
- An option that lets you check whether there is an existing DB2 Connect
license on a DB2 for z/OS or DB2 for i server.
- Messages that indicate whether a license installation was successful.
- For license upgrades, messages that include the old and new license
versions.
See db2connectactivate - Server license
activation utility.
Fix
Pack 3
Fix Pack 3 contains no documentation changes or enhancements
to DB2 Connect products.
Fix Pack 2
Fix
Pack 2 updates the clients and drivers for AIX®, HP-UX, Linux,
Solaris, and Windows operating
systems to support DB2 for z/OS 11.
Fix Pack
2 includes the following changes:
Fix Pack 2 includes the following enhancements:
Fix Pack 1
Fix
Pack 1 contains no documentation changes or enhancements to DB2 Connect products.
DB2 10.5 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows