DB2 Connect db2cli.ini file changes

[stash]

I am trying to add a line to the db2cli.ini file. I want to add a [common]
section with the line disableunicode=1. I am able to make the changes - but
I am not certain DB2 Connect is picking up the changes. So I added some
trace statements - and indeed - no trace file. Is there a trick to picking
up the new db2cli.ini file?

[pshindle]

You need to keep two things in mind when doing this:

1. If your application is running on a separate client machine that
uses DB2 Connect to access DB2 then you should update the db2cli.ini
file on the client machine only, and not on the DB2 Connect machine.
The only exception to this is if your application is actually running
locally on the DB2 Connect machine itself.

2. If your application caches its connection string (which many do),
a change to the db2cli.ini will not be picked up until the application
process and any related services are stopped and restarted, or the
machine is rebooted.

Just a caution - be careful to limit tracing, it will slow your machine
down dramatically!

Hope this helps.

Perry Shindle
BearingPoint, Inc.