SAS/ACCESS Interface to DB2 has been enhanced to use the new DB2 API interfaces, which will provide more options to the user.

IBM recommends the use of the db2Import and db2Load interfaces rather than the older sqluimpr and sqluload interfaces.

New options that are available in the IMPORT and LOAD interfaces cannot be used without this new update to SAS/ACCESS Interface to ODBC.

The new option BL_ALLOW_WRITE_ACCESS is introduced in this update. BL_ALLOW_WRITE_ACCESS accepts either YES or NO as input. NO is the default. BL_ALLOW_WRITE_ACCESS is defined by IBM as an option that "specifies that the data in the table should still be accessible to readers and writers while the import is in progress".

Select the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

ATTENTION: This Hot Fix is intended for Unix and Windows customers running the DB2 Client 8.1 Fix Pack 9 or later. Customers running earlier versions of the DB2 Client should only install hot fixes prior to E9D205.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS/ACCESS Interface to DB2	64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0
		Linux	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.1 TS1M3	9.2 TS1M0

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

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A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_sbcs_prod_list.html#019993

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A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at :

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_dbcs_prod_list.html#019993

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Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high
Topic:	SAS Reference ==> LIBNAME Engines Data Management ==> Data Sources ==> External Databases ==> DB2

Date Modified:	2009-07-10 16:28:44
Date Created:	2007-04-17 16:41:34