DB2 Version 9.7 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

sqleatin API - Attach to instance

Enables an application to specify the node at which instance-level functions (CREATE DATABASE and FORCE APPLICATION, for example) are to be executed. This node may be the current instance (as defined by the value of the DB2INSTANCE environment variable), another instance on the same workstation, or an instance on a remote workstation. Establishes a logical instance attachment to the node specified, and starts a physical communications connection to the node if one does not already exist.

Note: If a password change is required, use the sqleatcp API instead of the sqleatin API.

Authorization

None

Required connection

This API establishes an instance attachment.

API include file

sqlenv.h

API and data structure syntax

SQL_API_RC SQL_API_FN
  sqleatin (
        char * pNodeName,
        char * pUserName,
        char * pPassword,
        struct sqlca * pSqlca);

SQL_API_RC SQL_API_FN
  sqlgatin (
        unsigned short PasswordLen,
        unsigned short UserNameLen,
        unsigned short NodeNameLen,
        struct sqlca * pSqlca,
        char * pPassword,
        char * pUserName,
        char * pNodeName);

sqleatin API parameters

pNodeName: Input. A string containing the alias of the instance to which the user wants to attach. This instance must have a matching entry in the local node directory. The only exception is the local instance (as specified by the DB2INSTANCE environment variable), which can be specified as the object of an attachment, but cannot be used as a node name in the node directory. Can be NULL.
pUserName: Input. A string containing the user name under which the attachment is to be authenticated. Can be NULL.
pPassword: Input. A string containing the password for the specified user name. Can be NULL.
pSqlca: Output. A pointer to the sqlca structure.

sqlgatin API-specific parameters

PasswordLen: Input. A 2-byte unsigned integer representing the length of the password in bytes. Set to zero if no password is supplied.
UserNameLen: Input. A 2-byte unsigned integer representing the length of the user name in bytes. Set to zero if no user name is supplied.
NodeNameLen: Input. A 2-byte unsigned integer representing the length of the node name in bytes. Set to zero if no node name is supplied.

Usage notes

Note: A node name in the node directory can be regarded as an alias for an instance.

If an attach request succeeds, the sqlerrmc field of the sqlca will contain 9 tokens separated by hexadecimal FF (similar to the tokens returned when a CONNECT request is successful):

Country/region code of the application server
Code page of the application server
Authorization ID
Node name (as specified on the API)
Identity and platform type of the server
Agent ID of the agent which has been started at the server
Agent index
Node number of the server
Number of database partitions if the server is a partitioned database server.

If the node name is a zero-length string or NULL, information about the current state of attachment is returned. If no attachment exists, sqlcode 1427 is returned. Otherwise, information about the attachment is returned in the sqlerrmc field of the sqlca (as outlined above).

If an attachment has not been made, instance-level APIs are executed against the current instance, specified by the DB2INSTANCE environment variable.

Certain functions (db2start, db2stop, and all directory services, for example) are never executed remotely. That is, they affect only the local instance environment, as defined by the value of the DB2INSTANCE environment variable.

If an attachment exists, and the API is issued with a node name, the current attachment is dropped, and an attachment to the new node is attempted.

Where the user name and password are authenticated depends on the authentication type of the target instance.

The node to which an attachment is to be made can also be specified by a call to the sqlesetc API.

REXX API syntax

ATTACH [TO nodename [USER username USING password]]

REXX API parameters

nodename: Alias of the instance to which the user wants to attach. This instance must have a matching entry in the local node directory. The only exception is the local instance (as specified by the DB2INSTANCE environment variable), which can be specified as the object of an attachment, but cannot be used as a node name in the node directory.
username: Name under which the user attaches to the instance.
password: Password used to authenticate the user name.