Forum Discussion

robarivas's avatar
robarivas
Post Patron
9 years ago

IBM DB2 vs ODBC

My IT department tried to set up a connection to IBM DB2 but could only get it to work through ODBC. This doesn't seem right. Also, the performance over ODBC is horrible. Trying to filter a multi-mil...
Need Help
robarivas's avatar
robarivas
Post Patron
9 years ago

Ok, I just sent the additional trace files.

arify's avatar
arify
Microsoft Employee
9 years ago

Thanks, we found where that error is coming, and will fix that soon. About the performance, I didn't see the ODBC traces. Can you try that again, and make sure you pick Verbose level?

  • robarivas's avatar
    robarivas
    Post Patron
    9 years ago

    Fantastic, thank you. Hopefully "soon" means really, really, really soon :smileyhappy: 

     

    How will I know when it's fixed?

     

    I'm assuming this means once it's fixed I should be able to connect using the "IBM DB2 Database" option from the "Database" category of the "Get Data" dialog using the "Microsoft (requires .Net 4.5 or higher)" option under the "Advanced options" dropdown, correct?

     

    I don't have the ODBC set-up yet on the machine I am using at the moment but I do have it on my machine at my home so I will generate the trace data on that tonight and email that you. (of course my hope is to eventually not have to use the ODBC approach)

    • arify's avatar
      arify
      Microsoft Employee
      9 years ago

      We don't really have an ETA yet, it seems like an external issue. But, my guess, it probably won't take more than a few releases.

       

      You'll know if it's fixed if someone updates this thread, or just start trying every new release in 2017 :) If there are no other issues, you should be able to use that "Microsoft" option.

      • robarivas's avatar
        robarivas
        Post Patron
        9 years ago

        I've just sent another email with the trace files related to poor ODBC performance. In Power BI Desktop I pulled 3 tables from DB2 and tried filtering one of the tables to show only rows with a transaction posting date between 1/1/2016 and 1/31/2016. After waiting for a very long time I just gave up and closed the program.