IBM Db2 LUW
Official documentation
For full information about IBM Db2 LUW, refer to the official documentation.
This topic presents a general procedure on how you can create a data source for the connection to your IBM Db2 LUW database in DataGrip, and run a test connection. It is assumed that you already have the necessary prerequisites and the database is up and running. For example, if you want to run a database on your machine and connect to that database, the corresponding DBMS software must be installed on the machine first.
Connect to an IBM Db2 LUW database
To connect to the database, create a data source that will store your connection details. You can do this using one of the following ways:
From the main menu, navigate to and select IBM Db2 LUW.
In the Database Explorer ( ) , click the New icon (
) in the toolbar. Navigate to Data Source and select IBM Db2 LUW.
In the General tab of Data Sources and Drivers dialog right pane, specify the driver and connection type.
In the Driver list, leave the default driver option, unless another driver is required for your connection.
For IBM Db2 LUW, the supported drivers are IBM Db2 (default), IBM Db2 (JTOpen), and IBM Db2 for 9.X, 10.X.
For more information about driver architectures, see the IBM documentation for IBM Db2 LUW (for example, How to determine which type of IBM Data Server Driver for JDBC and SQLJ connectivity to use).
From the Connection type list, select the connection type depending on the connection details that you have:
- Connection types for IBM Db2 and IBM Db2 for 9.X, 10.X
Type 4: connect by using Host, Port, Database, and URL.
Type 2: connect by using database name in Database, and URL.
URL only: connect by using only the URL.
- Connection types for IBM Db2 (JTOpen)
default: connect by using Host, Port, Database, and URL.
URL only: connect by using only the URL.
For the URL only connection type, the JDBC URL that you enter is used as is.
For the other connection types, the JDBC URL is broken down into connection details. You can either specify them separately and use the automatically generated URL, or you can enter the URL directly in the corresponding field.
Check if there is a Download missing driver files link at the bottom of the connection settings area. Click this link to download drivers that are required to interact with a database. For a direct download link, refer to the JetBrains JDBC drivers page.
Location for the downloaded JDBC drivers is the DataGrip configuration directory.
You can also use your drivers for the database instead of the provided ones. For more information about connecting to a database with your driver, refer to Add a user driver to an existing connection.
If there is no Download missing driver files link, then you already have the required drivers.
Specify the database connection details. Alternatively, paste the JDBC URL in the URL field.
- Connection types and settings for IBM Db2 and IBM Db2 for 9.X, 10.X
In the Host field, type your server address.
In the Port field, type the port of IBM Db2 LUW. The default port is 50000.
From the Authentication list, select the authentication method that you want to use to authenticate the connection. The following options are available:
User & Password: by using your login and password.
No auth: authentication is not required.
In User and Password fields, type your user credentials.
To use no password, leave the Password field empty.
To delete a once entered password, right-click the Password field and select Set Empty.
In the Database field, type the database name to which you want to connect.
In the URL field, DataGrip generates the JDBC URL automatically using the values of other connection settings.
If you need to use a JDBC URL with certain additional settings, paste it in the URL field. The general URL to use is as follows:
Format:
jdbc:db2://<host_address>:<port_number>/<database_name>Example:
jdbc:db2://127.0.0.1:50000/myDatabase
For more information about the URL format, refer to the IBM Db2 LUW official documentation.
From the Authentication list, select the authentication method that you want to use to authenticate the connection. The following options are available:
User & Password: by using your login and password.
No auth: authentication is not required.
In User and Password fields, type your user credentials.
To use no password, leave the Password field empty.
To delete a once entered password, right-click the Password field and select Set Empty.
In the Database field, type the database name to which you want to connect.
In the URL field, DataGrip generates the JDBC URL automatically using the values of other connection settings.
If you need to use a JDBC URL with certain additional settings, paste it in the URL field. The general URL to use is as follows:
Format:
jdbc:db2:<database_name>Example:
jdbc:db2:myDatabase
For more information about the URL format, refer to the IBM Db2 LUW official documentation.
From the Authentication list, select the authentication method that you want to use to authenticate the connection. The following options are available:
User & Password: by using your login and password.
No auth: authentication is not required.
In User and Password fields, type your user credentials.
To use no password, leave the Password field empty.
To delete a once entered password, right-click the Password field and select Set Empty.
In the URL field, DataGrip generates the JDBC URL automatically using the values of other connection settings.
If you need to use a JDBC URL with certain additional settings, paste it in the URL field.
For more information about the URL format, refer to the IBM Db2 LUW official documentation.
- Connection types and settings for IBM Db2 (JTOpen)
In the Host field, type your server address.
In the Port field, type the port of IBM Db2 LUW. The default port is 50000.
From the Authentication list, select the authentication method that you want to use to authenticate the connection. The following options are available:
User & Password: by using your login and password.
No auth: authentication is not required.
In User and Password fields, type your user credentials.
To use no password, leave the Password field empty.
To delete a once entered password, right-click the Password field and select Set Empty.
In the Database field, type the database name to which you want to connect.
In the URL field, DataGrip generates the JDBC URL automatically using the values of other connection settings.
If you need to use a JDBC URL with certain additional settings, paste it in the URL field. The general URL to use is as follows:
Format:
jdbc:as400://<host_address>:<port_number>/<database_name>Example:
jdbc:as400://127.0.0.1:50000/myDatabase
For more information about the URL format, refer to the IBM Db2 LUW official documentation.
From the Authentication list, select the authentication method that you want to use to authenticate the connection. The following options are available:
User & Password: by using your login and password.
No auth: authentication is not required.
In User and Password fields, type your user credentials.
To use no password, leave the Password field empty.
To delete a once entered password, right-click the Password field and select Set Empty.
In the URL field, DataGrip generates the JDBC URL automatically using the values of other connection settings.
If you need to use a JDBC URL with certain additional settings, paste it in the URL field.
For more information about the URL format, refer to the IBM Db2 LUW official documentation.
For the reference information about connection settings and properties on the General and other tabs of Data Sources and Drivers dialog (Command ;), see Connection settings and DBMS-specific properties.
Ensure that the connection to the database can be established using the provided details. To do that, click the Test Connection link at the bottom of the connection details area.
In case of any connection issues, refer to the Cannot connect to a database page.
(Optional) By default, only the default schema is introspected and available to work with. If you also want to work with other schemas, in the Schemas tab, select them for the introspection.
Click OK to create the data source.
Find your new data source in Database Explorer (Command 1) .
For more information about Database Explorer, see the corresponding reference topic.
For more information about working with database objects in DataGrip, refer to Database objects.
To write and run queries, open the default query console by clicking the data source and pressing F4.
To view and edit data of a database object, open Data editor and viewer by double-clicking the object.
Connection settings and DBMS-specific properties
Connection settings
For the reference information about connection settings (for example, Host, Port, and so on) on the General and other tabs of Data Sources and Drivers dialog (Command ;), see Data source settings.
DBMS-specific properties
Options tab
Item | Description |
|---|---|
Enable DBMS_OUTPUT | Enable DBMS_OUTPUT for the database. |