Quick Beginnings

Binding Database Utilities

You must bind the database utilities (import, export, reorg, the command line processor, and DB2 CLI) to each database before they can be used with that database. In a network environment, if you are using multiple clients that run on different operating systems or are at different versions of DB2, you must bind the utilities once for each operating system/DB2-version combination.

Binding a utility creates a package, which is an object that includes all of the information that is needed to process specific SQL statements from a single source file.

The bind files are grouped together in different .lst files in the bnd directory under the installation directory (typically sqllib ). Each file is specific to a server.

Binding to Host Databases

To bind the utilities and applications to the DRDA server, connect to the DRDA server and use commands similar to the following:

   connect to dbalias user userid using password
   bind path@ddcsmvs.lst blocking all sqlerror continue
           messages mvs.msg grant public
   connect reset

These commands are described in detail in the DB2 Connect User's Guide.

Binding to DB2 Universal Databases

How you bind the database utilities to a database depends on your workstation's operating system:

On OS/2, Windows 95, and Windows NT operating systems, you can use the Client Configuration Assistant:
1. Start the Client Configuration Assistant (CCA).
2. Select the database to which you want to bind the utilities.
3. Click on the Bind push button.
4. Select the Bind DB2 Utilities radio button.
5. Click on the Continue push button.
6. Enter a user ID and password to connect to the database. The user ID must have the authority to bind new packages against the database.
7. Select the utilities you want to bind and click on OK.
On all operating systems, you can use the command line processor:
1. Change to the bnd directory in the install path. For example:
  
  For UNIX platforms
  INSTHOME/sqllib/bnd
  For all other platforms
  x:\sqllib\bnd, where x: is the drive where you installed DB2
2. Connect to the database using the command:
```
   connect to database_alias
```
  where database_alias is the name of the database to which you want to connect.
3. Issue the following commands in the Command Center or the command line processor:
```
   "bind @db2ubind.lst messages bind.msg grant public"
   "bind @db2cli.lst messages clibind.msg grant public"
```
  In this example, bind.msg and clibind.msg are the output message files, and EXECUTE and BIND privileges are granted to public.
4. Reset the connection to the database by issuing the following command:
```
   connect reset
```
  For more information on the bind command, refer to the Command Reference.

Notes:

The db2ubind.lst file contains the list of bind (.bnd) files required to create the packages for the database utilities. The db2cli.lst file contains the list of bind (.bnd) files required to create packages for the DB2 CLI and the DB2 ODBC driver.
Binding may take a few minutes to complete.

If the applications that you are using require binding to the database, you can use the Client Configuration Assistant's Bind facility, or the command line processor, to perform the bind action.

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