Add support for DB2

[clober]

Hi, do you have a plan in your roadmap to add support for DB2 databases?

Thanks, Carlos.

[nolar]

Hello. Thanks for asking.

The DB2 per se is not on the roadmap. But stabilizing the database connection protocol and making it extensible is one of the highest priorities — so that you could write your own driver for DB2.

As of now, you can do this by forking the repo and implementing the connector in your fork, and updating it from time to time (but the protocol might slightly change in the future — as it is typical with zerover-stage projects).

[nolar]

UPD: A little correction as I might be perceived wrong with the phrasing above: It does not mean that we never implement DB2 or do not accept the contributions. I meant that it is not on the list of our own priorities.

The contributions for DB2 support are highly welcome!

And we can implement it if the demand is high (please vote 👍🏼 for feature requests).

[FrankBergemann]

I would also appreciate support for DB2 databases. Wouldn't it make sense to add general support for connections via JDBC? Couldn't that save the effort for implementation of drivers for many individual database systems?

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