Super!  I thought I had read it somewhere.  Is this an extra cost item?  Seems that it is not. Just checking.

>On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 15:46:40 -0400, Bill Verity <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>Subject says it all.  Can I use DB2?  Developers Guide just mentions Oracle.
>>We are running Listserv HPO on an AIX platform. We have a production DB2 service  but no Oracle.
>
>The Developers Guide has not yet been re-written to reflect all updates for
>1.8e.  But the Release Notes are clear and the answer is yes:
>
>http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8e/relnotes/v18e-mnt.html#db2
>
>Usability: (unix) DB2 now supported as a DBMS datastore
>
>LISTSERV 1.8e introduces CLI support for DB2 on AIX and other unix platforms on
>which DB2 is supported.
>
>In order to enable this support, a library flag must be specified at
>compile/install time.  The correct library flag on AIX is -ldb2 , and this is
>specified in the LISTSERV Makefile in the FLAGS_AIX= macro that resides below
>the end of the normal "user customization area". By default the macro is blank,
>so when set for DB2, it will look like this:
>
>CFLAGS_AIX=-ldb2
>
>Other unixes are configured similarly.
>
>It is important to note that LISTSERV's DB2 support will work only if you have
>carefully followed the DB2 installation guide and performed the
>post-configuration tasks, in particular the task that creates links to /usr/lib
>for the various libraries. If this is not done, DB2 will use default directories
>with version-specific names to find the library, which L-Soft does not and will
>not support. Should this problem arise you must simply create the links as
>stated in the DB2 manual; if further information is necessary you must contact
>IBM for DB2 support.
>
>LISTSERV configuration for the use of the CLI driver is very similar to
>configuration for use of the ODBC driver.  There are three site configuration
>variables:
>
>CLI_DSN=
>CLI_UID=
>CLI_AUTH=
>
>which are configured in a similar manner to their ODBC counterparts.


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