.Net for DB2/MVS: location name too long in connection string

[juliane26]

some of our software is using .Net with connection strings to direct connect to DB2 databases on the host without a local catalog.
this works fine as long as we don't have a location name longer than 8 chars.
As I found out, the official solution would be to either change the location name on the host (not possible here) or catalog it and use localhost in the connection string instead.

Did anybody have the same problem and what was the solution ?

Thanks !

 

[juliane26]

just for your information:
problem is easier to solve with DB2 V8 for z/OS: Aliases for location names can be created on the host itself.


Juliane