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IBM Db2 for z/OS Developer Extension

IBM® Db2® for z/OS® Developer Extension (Db2 Developer Extension) is an extension for Visual Studio Code that provides language support for developing Db2 for z/OS SQL applications. Complete documentation is contained in our documentation repository.

Licenses

Before downloading this extension, review the Db2 Developer Extension License Agreement and Third Party Notices.

Overview

This extension provides language support for the Structured Query Language (SQL) syntax that is used to define, manipulate, and control data in IBM Db2 for z/OS databases, including the latest SQL enhancements that were introduced with Db2 13 for z/OS. It includes basic productivity features that make it easier to write SQL, such as:

• Syntax checking and highlighting
• Code completion and signature help
• SQL formatting
• Customizable code snippets
• DDL generation

And it includes features that enable you to easily:

• Run SQL
• Deploy and run native, Java and SQLJ, and external SQL stored procedures
• Debug native and external SQL procedures and Java and SQLJ stored procedures
• Deploy, run and debug user-defined functions
• Analyze and tune the performance of SQL
• Navigate the Db2 catalog
• Import database connections from Data Studio
• Work with DDL in CI/CD pipelines by using integrated Db2 CI/CD Expert features

For more information about the latest Db2 Developer Extension features, see What's new in this release.

Table of contents

• Privacy notice for feedback
• Prerequisites for installing Db2 Developer Extension
• Configuring Java
• Setting the JDBC license and JDBC driver files
• Specifying port numbers
• Limitations for this release

Privacy notice for feedback

Db2 Developer Extension is provided free of charge, but we ask you to provide us feedback via the various means available, such as submitting an issue in our GitHub repository, submitting review comments in the VS Code Marketplace, and keeping the built-in telemetry and crash reports enabled.

This extension uses Microsoft VS Code's Telemetry solution, which collects telemetry data that is used to help understand how to improve the product. While we appreciate the insights this data provides, we also know that not everyone wants to send usage data. You can disable telemetry as described in Disable Telemetry Reporting. You can also read IBM's General Privacy Statement to learn more about our policies.

This current release of Db2 Developer Extension will collect anonymous data for the following events:

• Activation of this VS Code extension
• Opening supported file types (See the Feature Contributions tab for a list of supported file types.)
• Syntax parsing
• Connecting to Db2
• SQL execution
• Deploying, running, or debugging stored procedures and user-defined functions
• Performing tuning actions
• Navigating the Db2 catalog
• Deactivation of this VS Code extension…