Contents

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About this document
Audience
Related documents
Typographic conventions
New in this release
New in release 2.6.x
Overview of the connector
Connector components
How the connector works
Installing the connector
Adapter environment
Prerequisites
Installing the adapter and related files
Installed file structure
Installed file structure for Linux
Installed file structure for Windows
Installed file structure for i5/OS
Generating business object definitions using JDBC ODA
Installing and running JDBC ODA
Using JDBC ODA in Business Object Designer Express
Contents of the generated definition
Sample business object definition file
Inserting attributes that contain child business objects
Adding information to the business object definition
Understanding business objects
Business object and attribute naming conventions
Business object structure
Business object verb processing
Business object attribute properties
Business object application-specific information
Configuring the Connector
Enabling multi-driver support
Enabling the custom business object handler class
Setting the connector's configuration properties
Using Connector Configurator Express
Overview of Connector Configurator Express
Starting Connector Configurator Express
Running Configurator from System Manager
Creating a connector-specific property template
Creating a new configuration file
Using an existing file
Completing a configuration file
Setting the configuration file properties
Saving your configuration file
Changing a configuration file
Completing the configuration
Using Connector Configurator Express in a globalized environment
Configuring the application
Enabling the application for the connector
Running the connector
Starting the connector
Stopping the connector
Creating multiple instances of the connector
Troubleshooting and error handling
Startup problems
Event processing
Mapping InterChange Server Express
Error handling and logging
Loss of connection to the application
Inability to locate event or archive tables when DB2 is used
Enabling the connector to work with a DB2 database
JDBC ODA behaves improperly because of unsupported JDBC driver
Appendix A. Standard configuration properties for connectors
New properties
Standard connector properties overview
Standard properties quick-reference
Standard properties
Appendix B. Connector-specific configuration properties
Property details
Appendix C. Business object samples
AfterUpdateSPSampleBO.txt
BeforeCreateSPSampleBO.txt
BOwithDifferentParameterOrder.txt
BOwithIOandOPParams.txt
BOwithFewerSPParamsthanBOAttribs.txt
CreateSPUpdateSPSampleBO.txt
Appendix D. Support for null and blank values
Pass and Fail Scenarios
Functionality
Appendix E. Mainframe Data Access
JDBC Connector support for mainframe data access
Using mainframe data access
Components of mainframe data access
Index
Notices
Programming interface information
Trademarks and service marks

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