IBM Db2

Doris JDBC Catalog supports connecting to IBM Db2 databases through the standard JDBC interface. This document describes how to configure an IBM Db2 database connection.

Terms and Conditions

To connect to an IBM Db2 database, you need

• IBM Db2 11.5.x or higher

• JDBC driver for IBM Db2 database, you can download the latest or specified version of IBM Db2 driver from Maven repository. It is recommended to use IBM db2 jcc version 11.5.8.0.

• Doris Network connection between each FE and BE node and the IBM Db2 server, default port is 51000.

Connect to IBM Db2

CREATE CATALOG db2 PROPERTIES (
    "type"="jdbc",
    "user"="USERNAME",
    "password"="PASSWORD",
    "jdbc_url" = "jdbc:db2://host:port/database",
    "driver_url" = "jcc-11.5.8.0.jar",
    "driver_class" = "com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver"
)

remarks

jdbc_url defines the connection information and parameters to be passed to the IBM Db2 driver. The parameters for the supported URLs can be found in the Db2 JDBC Driver Documentation.

Hierarchical mapping

When mapping IBM Db2, Doris' Database corresponds to a Schema under the specified DataBase ("database" in the jdbc_url parameter) in DB2. The Table under Doris' Database corresponds to the Tables under Schema in DB2. That is, the mapping relationship is as follows:

Doris	IBM Db2
Catalog	DataBase
Database	Schema
Table	Table

Type mapping

IBM Db2 to Doris type mapping

IBM Db2 Type	Doris Type	Comment
SMALLINT	SMALLINT
INT	INT
BIGINT	BIGINT
DOUBLE	DOUBLE
DOUBLE PRECISION	DOUBLE
FLOAT	DOUBLE
REAL	FLOAT
NUMERIC	DECIMAL
DECIMAL	DECIMAL
DECFLOAT	DECIMAL
DATE	DATE
TIMESTAMP	DATETIME
CHAR	CHAR
CHAR VARYING	VARCHAR
VARCHAR	VARCHAR
LONG VARCHAR	VARCHAR
VARGRAPHIC	STRING
LONG VARGRAPHIC	STRING
TIME	STRING
CLOB	STRING
XML	STRING
OTHER	UNSUPPORTED

Query optimization

Predicate pushdown

When executing a query like where dt = '2022-01-01', Doris can push these filtering conditions down to the external data source, thereby directly excluding data that does not meet the conditions at the data source level, reducing inaccuracies. Necessary data acquisition and transmission. This greatly improves query performance while also reducing the load on external data sources.

Row limit

If you include the limit keyword in the query, Doris will push the limit down to the IBM Db2 database to reduce the amount of data transfer.

Escape characters

Doris will automatically add the escape character ("") to the field names and table names in the query statements sent to IBM Db2 to prevent field names and table names from conflicting with IBM Db2 internal keywords.

FAQ

1. Invalid operation: result set is closed. ERRORCODE=-4470 exception occurs when reading IBM Db2 data through JDBC Catalog

   Add connection parameters in the jdbc_url connection string when creating the IBM Db2 Catalog: allowNextOnExhaustedResultSet=1;resultSetHoldability=1;. like: jdbc:db2://host:port/database:allowNextOnExhaustedResultSet=1;resultSetHoldability=1;.