DB2 Common Server

IBM Software

DB2 Server is a robust, full-function database management system that includes optimized SQL support, tools to manage data, and access to remote database servers. DB2 Server is available on , the Solaris** Operating Environment, and supports many client platforms.

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Look at this handy summary of the various DB2 Common Server products, and the components they include.

DB2 Software Developer's Kits are a collection of tools to develop character-based, multimedia, or object-oriented applications that access DB2 databases. SDKs can be installed on the server or on remote clients, giving you an application development environment with both local and remote databases. SDKs are available on OS/2, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, DOS, Macintosh System 7, AIX, HP-UX, SINIX, SCO OpenServer, and the Solaris Operating Environment.

DDCS
Distributed Database Connection Services gives you an easy way to connect your client applications to DB2 databases on host and mini computer systems. Applications can work with organizational data transparently, as if it were on a local database.

IBM's related products are designed to work with DB2 Common Server. They allow end users, application developers, and database administrators to query databases using graphical interfaces, develop applications, and administer many databases.

The DB2 family also includes server products for all sizes of enterprises. All family members use the same basic architecture, creating many possibilities to port your data and to network DB2 Common Server with enterprise servers.