DB2 as a datasource in Portal

Hi Experts,
I need to use DB2 as a datasouce for my portal components.
Is it possible to access DB2 tables in portal?
How to acheive this? Please let me know.
Ram

Hi,
you can use. you can fetch the data in the same way as in a java program using JDBC connectivity.
_Vishal

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Edited by: Nitin Mahajan on May 1, 2009 6:50 PM
Edited by: Nitin Mahajan on May 1, 2009 6:50 PM

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