To create the sample database application as described in Adding database support, you can install VisualAge ODBC support and a sample ODBC database that is shipped with ODBC support. This sample database is a text database. You do not need access to a proprietary database management system to use it.
To use the VisualAge ODBC access, load the VisualAge: Database, Common Samples, VisualAge: Database, ODBC, and VisualAge:Database, ODBC Samples features into your image.
Creating an ODBC text database
After you have set up your ODBC driver and data sources, you can create a sample database. To create a sample database:
The sample tables are created and stored in your database.