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Associating Tables with Handlers

You can describe database tables in an INI control group which begins with DBTable: followed by the database table name. The database table section associates attributes specific to the table. Here is an example:

< DBTable:AppIdx >

DBHandler = ODBC

The DBHANDLER option allows a database table to be mapped by name to the appropriate database handler. No other table-level options are defined at this time.

The system supports multiple simultaneous ODBC connections via different ODBC drivers. This lets you, for instance, connect at the same time to multiple:

The system does not support multiple different DB2 databases using native DB2 drivers. Support is limited to ODBC-compliant data bases.