Datastage 7.5.1.A compatibility with DB2 v9.1

rupankarganguli · Post by **rupankarganguli** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:21 am

Please could someone help me out to ascertain if Ascential (now IBM) Datastage 7.5.1.A release is compatible with DB2 v9.1.

If this is not possible is there a component/plug in available which could be installed? If yes, please let me know the procedure.

dspxguy · Post by **dspxguy** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:33 am

I have the same question.
Anyone pls

rupankarganguli · Post by **rupankarganguli** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:36 am

Hi,

This is possible though we have moved to Datastage 8.0.1.
But if you are handling XML with Datastage 7.5.1 o DB2 9x then you might face problems since the XML handling in DB2 9.1 is significantly different from earlier versions.

Thanks,
Rup

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:38 am

Best to check with your official support provider. The "official" answer is no as the plug-in supports versions 7 & 8 but that's not to say it won't work with 9. Have you tried it? Had any issues?

dspxguy · Post by **dspxguy** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:24 pm

Yes, will contact IBM Support.
Thanks

psluser · Post by **psluser** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:42 am

We have tried it. It worked fine for us in the past, but jobs were simple and we used only common data types - number & varchar.