Is there a way to connect to DB2 on z/os using a jdbc driver

Question

Am evaluating options other than either Sybase's DirectConnect or IBM's DB2Connect to connect to DB2 running on z/OS. From what our findings have shown us so far, we need to connect and also do format translation from ASCII to EBCDIC and vice versa. We are currently seeking an open source (not necessarily community edition) to help us achieve this. Any thoughts will always help.

Answer 1

The DB2 Data Server Client allows you to connect to a DB2 database on z/OS using JDBC without requiring DB2 Connect in between. However, you will still need a DB2 Connect license, contained in the db2jcc_license_cisuz.jar file that comes with any DB2 Connect product.