For the first time for PowerServer Toolkit to connect to the DB2 database, you will need to install the corresponding .NET Core driver to the development PC. When you select DB2 from the Provider list in the Database Configuration dialog box, you will be prompted to have PowerBuilder automatically download and install the driver or specify an existing driver on the development PC.
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If you select to have PowerBuilder install the driver from www.nuget.org, it indicates that you agree with the license agreement. The driver will be automatically downloaded to your local path (%USERPROFILE%\.netdbdrives).
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If the driver has already been downloaded to your computer, you can select The driver already exists locally and specify the location of the driver.
It must be the .NET Core driver (IBM.Data.DB2.Core 3.1.0.600) downloaded from www.nuget.org, otherwise installation will fail.
Note: the .NET Core driver for DB2 (IBM.Data.DB2.Core 3.1.0.600) requires the Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013 to run. If the Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013 is not installed, you will be prompted when creating the database cache in the PowerBuilder IDE.
To resolve this error, you can download and install Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013 from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=40784.
