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Preparing to Connect to Applications

When the database server is online, you can connect client applications and begin to create databases. Before you can access information in a database, the client application must connect to the database server environment. To connect to and disconnect from a database server, you can issue SQL statements from the following client programs:

For information about creating databases, see IBM Informix Database Design and Implementation Guide and IBM Informix Guide to SQL: Tutorial. For information about how to use client applications, see the IBM Informix DB–Access User's Guide, IBM Informix ESQL/C Programmer's Manual, IBM Informix ODBC Driver Programmer's Manual, or IBM Informix JDBC Driver Programmer's Guide.

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