%VOSWARNING% %META:TOPICPARENT{name="VirtLinkRemoteTables"}% ---+ Linking DB2 Database Objects (Tables, Views, and Stored Procedures) into Virtuoso ---++ Steps 1 Start the Virtuoso Web User Interface. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 Select the *Conductor* link in the left frame and login as the *dba* user. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 Select the *Databases* -> *External Data Source* -> *Data Sources* tab menu items. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 Select the *Connect* button for the *db2v8ma* DB2 DSN. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 On succesful connection, select the *Link Objects* button to obtain a list of available tables. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 Select the tables that you would like to link. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 Change the Catalog for each table to be *SAMPLE* using the *Set All* button. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 All the catalog names are changed to be *SAMPLE*. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 Select the *Link* button to link the selected tables into Virtuoso. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 On completion of the Link process, the tables will be displayed in the *External Linked Objects* tab. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 The linked tables can be queried by clicking on the hyperlink in the *Local Name* column of the *External Linked Objects* tab above. This loads the Virtuoso *Interactive SQL* interface with the required SQL *Select* for retrieving the remote table data . We shall use the *SAMPLE.db2v8ma.EMPLOYEE* table to demonstrate this. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 Click the *Execute* button to run the query and retrieve the results from the remote table. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 The tables can also be viewed as part of the Virtuoso *SQL Schema Objects* under the *SAMPLE* catalog name. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% The Link process is now complete enabling the tables to be queried as if part of the Virtuoso Schema. ---++ Related * [[VOSSQL2RDF][Mapping SQL Data to Linked Data Views]] * [[VirtDB2EntityFrameworkUsage][ Using Microsoft Entity Frameworks to Access DB2 Schema Objects (Tables, Views, and Stored Procedures) with Virtuoso]] CategoryDocumentation CategoryVirtuoso CategoryDotNET CategoryEntityFrameworks CategoryWebSite