The following section describes the DBMS-specific arguments that you use in the CONNECT statement. For more information about how to use the SQL Procedure Pass-Through Facility, see SQL Procedure Pass ...

The CREATE statement specifies the access descriptor to be created. Database-description statements are required only when you create access descriptors. Because DB2 information is stored in an access ...

(Microsoft is planning similar capabilities for a SQL Server add-on.) DB2's support for Java runs deep. Like the Sybase and Oracle databases, DB2 supports using Java (and SQLJ) for stored procedures.