What's New

Windows 32-bit Operating Systems

The following enhancements have been made in Version 7 of DB2 Universal Database for Windows.

Windows 2000

DB2 Universal Database supports the following Windows 2000 features:

• DB2 services are published in the Active Directory containing the protocol configuration information that allows client applications to connect to the DB2 database server.
• DB2 authentication can be accomplished using the single sign-on facilities of Kerberos. DB2 authentication is unchanged for environments without Kerberos.
• The DB2 Universal Database Control Center can be launched from Microsoft Management Console (MMC).

Visual C++ Application Development

DB2 Universal Database for Windows 32-bit operating systems includes two components to ease your DB2 application development efforts with Microsoft Visual C++ using embedded SQL. The DB2 Visual C++ Add-Ins provide you with graphical user interfaces that are consistent with the Visual C++ development environment.

• The DB2 Visual C++ Tools Add-In is a toolbar that launches some useful DB2 administration and development tools from within the Visual C++ integrated development environment (IDE).
• The DB2 Visual C++ Project Add-In provides management tools and wizards that plug into the Visual C++ IDE that help you to develop, package, and deploy client applications and stored procedures for DB2 servers on Windows 32-bit operating systems.

Visual Studio Integration

DB2 Universal Database provides a collection of tools and wizards to simplify the building and deploying of applications for DB2 Universal Database for Windows. They employ embedded SQL from within the Visual C++ Integrated Development Environment (IDE).