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I am trying to establish a connection between excel and db2. I am able to successfully query and retrieve data from my DB.

I am using the below connection string

Provider=IBMDADB2;Database=RQAPROJ;HOSTNAME=jebal asu;PROTOCOL=TCPIP;PORT=50000;uid=administrator;pw d=we"

The issue now is that I have DB2 installed on my machine and the connection works perfect, however when I try from a Machine which does not have db2 installed I get an error straightaway that the Provider is not found.

I understand that DB2 drivers needs to be installed on the client machine as well. I had been trying in Google to get my hands on DB2 OLE DB drivers so that I can package it along with my excel tool but I am not able to find it for download.

I am not sure if there is any other way to get this done, so can anyone point me to a download location for these drivers?

Sven
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URL for downloading IBM Data Server client packages: Fix Packs by Version

To get the provider, you need (at a minimum) the Driver for ODBC and CLI. This won't provide front end tooling, but that may be OK for you. Alternatively you can download the (larger) Runtime Client or the full Client.

Ian Bjorhovde
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  • Ian, Thank you for your input.. I am downloading them right away... Do you have any idea how to package that with excel and How do I call them on the systems that does not have the provider... should I package the runtime client and do an installation ?? – Jey Apr 11 '11 at 09:39