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An IBM account is required to access the downloads. Click on Downloads for IBM i Access Client Solutions, accept the license agreement, and use the ACS App Pkg link for the appropriate source operating system. For IBM i, use ACS PASE App Pkg. Installation instructions are included in each download package.

The IBM i version of the Application package installs via the open-source package manager "yum". See here for instructions on setting up yum on IBM i:

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/706903

For Application Package installers for 32-bit Windows or languages other than English, visit the IBM ESS Website. 

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• name (required): A name for the connection. The name can be whatever you choose, but must be unique.
• driver (required): Set to "odbc".
• type (required): The target database type. Can be any of "db2i", "mysql", "mssql", or "oracledb". However, this driver is primarily intended for use with DB2 for IBM i. For other databases, it's recommended to use the DB-specific drivers.
• credentialsFile: (optional): Path to a file containing an encrypted user id / password created by the "store_credentials" utility provided with Profound.js.  This is an alternative to specifying the user and password in clear text on the connection string.
• driverOptions: (required): An object containing options for the odbc package's Pool constructor. See the NPM page for supported options. Profound.js's "odbc" driver only supports pooled connections. A pool is created for each databaseConnections entry. 

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For example, in the above configuration the library list is set to "MYLIB MYLIB2 MYLIB3" with no default schema, using the "dbq" connecting string option, and commitment control is disabled via the "cmt" option. The following settings are required by Profound.js and should be set on all connections:

Creating a Credentials File

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