IBM Data Server Driver Package instance merge modules (Windows)

Using Windows Installer merge modules for the IBM Data Server Driver Package instance, you can easily add IBM Data Server Driver Package functionality to any product that uses the Windows Installer.

When you merge the modules, you are prompted to supply the copy name. You can install multiple copies of IBM Data Server Driver Package products on the same machine, so each copy is known by its unique name. You use this name when installing on each target machine. Choose a name that is unlikely to already be used for another IBM data server driver or DB2 copy. Suitable names include the name of your application, for example, myapp_dsdrivercopy_1. If the name is not unique, the installation fails.

For more information about merge module technology, see the documentation that is included with your installation authoring product or at http://msdn.microsoft.com.

The IBM Data Server Driver Package Merge Module.msm merge module provides support for applications that use ODBC, CLI, .NET, OLE DB, PHP, Ruby, JDBC, or SQLJ to access data. It also enables your application to use the IBM Data Server Provider for .NET (IBM Data Server Provider for .NET and Informix® .NET Data Provider) software. The IBM Data Server Provider .NET software is an extension of the ADO.NET interface that enables your .NET applications to quickly and securely access data from DB2 or Informix databases.

You create the IBM Data Server Driver Package by using the merge module. The process of registering the IBM Data Server Provider for .NET software is based on the version of the .NET framework that is installed on your system. For example, you must install Microsoft .NET framework 2.0 before the installation.