Connecting to IMS using the IMS Universal JDBC driver

You must first establish a connection to an IMS™ database before you can start sending queries and receiving results in your JDBC program.

Connecting to an IMS database using the JDBC DataSource interface
Using the DataSource interface is the preferred way to connect to IMS from your IMS Universal JDBC driver application.
Connecting to an IMS database by using the JDBC DriverManager interface
A JDBC application can establish a connection to a data source using the JDBC DriverManager interface, which is part of the java.sql package.

Parent topic: Programming with the IMS Universal JDBC driver