5 The DB2 Data Provider

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The DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET DB2 data provider (the DB2 data provider) supports the following DB2 servers:
DB2 V8.x for Linux, UNIX, and Windows using DRDA
DB2 UDB V7.x for Linux, UNIX, and Windows using DRDA
NOTE: This documentation uses the following terms to describe the different DB2 versions:
See the README text file shipped with your DataDirect product for the file name of the data provider.
NOTE: If you are using the ADO.NET Entity Framework, you must use the DB2 Entity Framework Data Provider. See Chapter 6 “The DB2 Entity Framework Data Provider” for more information.