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Creating a connection to the SAMPLE database

The workbench provides wizards that make it easy for you to connect to databases and to display the status of your connections. The New Connection wizard creates a connection to a database in the Data Source Explorer view. For the purposes of this tutorial you connect to the DB2® SAMPLE database.

To create a connection to the DB2 SAMPLE database:

  1. In the Data Source Explorer view, right-click and select New > Connection. The New Connection wizard opens.
  2. Select the DB2 database manager that matches your local DB2 install.
  3. Clear the Use default naming convention check box.
  4. In the Connection Name field, type SAMPLEXMLtutorial.
  5. Specify the user ID and password that you want to connect with, and click Finish.
The new connection is displayed in the Data Source Explorer. You can browse the objects that are contained in the database, and view their properties by opening the Properties view.
Screen capture showing the Data Source Explorer containing the new connection, as described.
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