IBM DB2 Execute Action

The IBM DB2 Execute action plugin is available in the Hub.

Action that runs a DB2 command. The action can be used whenever you want to run a DB2 command before or after a data pipeline. For example, you might want to run an SQL update command on a database before the pipeline source pulls data from tables.

Configuration

Property	Macro Enabled?	Description

Property	Macro Enabled?	Description
Driver Name	No	Required. Name of the JDBC driver to use. Default is db211.
Host	Yes	Required. Host that DB2 is running on. Default is localhost.
Port	Yes	Required. Port that DB2 is listening to. Default is 50000.
Database	Yes	Required. DB2 database name.
Database Command	Yes	Required. Database command to execute.
Username	Yes	Optional. User identity for connecting to the specified database.
Password	Yes	Optional. Password to use to connect to the specified database.
Connection Argument	Yes	Optional. A list of arbitrary string key/value pairs as connection arguments. These arguments will be passed to the JDBC driver as connection arguments for JDBC drivers that may need additional configurations.

Example

Suppose you want to execute a query against a DB2 database named “prod” that is running on “localhost” port 50000. First, ensure that the driver for DB2 is installed. You can also provide driver name for some specific driver, otherwise “db211” will be used, and then configure the plugin with:

Property	Value

Property	Value
Driver Name	`db211`
Host	`localhost`
Port	`50000`
Database	`prod`
Database Command	`UPDATE table_name SET price = 20 WHERE ID = 6`