*** *BEFORE* BUILDING, TESTING AND INSTALLING this you will need to:

    Build, test and install Perl 5 (Preferrably 5.006_00 or later)
    It is very important to TEST it and INSTALL it!

    Build, test and install the DBI module (at least DBI 1.21).
    It is very important to TEST it and INSTALL it!

    Remember to *read* the DBI README file and this one CAREFULLY!

    Ensure the following DB2 product is installed.

        DB2 Application Development Client v7.2 or later
            Included with the DB2 Personal Developer's Edition and the
            DB2 Universal Developer's Edition

    The Application Development Client can be downloaded here:

    http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb/support/



*** BUILDING:

    On UNIX:

    perl Makefile.PL            # use a perl that's in your PATH
    make
    make test
    make install (if the tests look okay)

    On Windows:

    perl Makefile.PL
    nmake
    nmake test
    nmake install


*** IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS:

    Please read the CAVEATS files which includes important
    information, including tips and workarounds for various
    platform-specific problems.


*** SUPPORT INFORMATION:

    Technical support for the DBD::DB2 driver is provided by IBM through
    its service agreements for DB2 UDB.  Information on DB2 UDB service
    agreements and support can be found on the Web at

        http://www.software.ibm.com/data/db2/db2tech

    For other DBD::DB2 information, please see

        http://www.software.ibm.com/data/db2/perl

    For documentation about DB2 and CLI, please see:

        http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2help/index.jsp

    Comments/suggestions/enhancement requests may be sent to

        db2perl@ca.ibm.com

    Please see the following files for more information:
        CAVEATS - important build/usage information
        DB2.pod - an example perl script
                - an explanation of attribute hashes

*** MAILING LISTS

    As a user or maintainer of a local copy of DBD::DB2, you need
    to be aware of the following addresses:

    The DBI mailing lists located at

        dbi-announce@perl.org          for announcements
        dbi-dev@perl.org               for developer/maintainer discussions
        dbi-users@perl.org             for end user level discussion and help

    To subscribe or unsubscribe to each individual list please see

        http://lists.perl.org/

    or send an empty email to the following addresses

        dbi-announce-subscribe@perl.org
        dbi-dev-subscribe@perl.org
        dbi-users-subscribe@perl.org
