Modified DAL and DB2 adapter to allow use of the official ibm_db_dbi driver or ODBC.

gluon/dal/_load.py

@@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ if not 'google' in DRIVERS:
         pyodbc = None
         LOGGER.debug('no MSSQL/DB2/Teradata/Ingres driver pyodbc')
 
+    try:
+        import ibm_db_dbi
+        DRIVERS.append('ibm_db_dbi')
+    except ImportError:
+        LOGGER.debug('no DB2 driver ibm_db_dbi')
+
     try:
         import Sybase
         DRIVERS.append('Sybase')

gluon/dal/adapters/__init__.py

@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ ADAPTERS = {
     'mssql4' : MSSQL4Adapter,
     'vertica': VerticaAdapter,
     'sybase': SybaseAdapter,
-    'db2': DB2Adapter,
+    'db2:ibm_db_dbi': DB2Adapter,
+    'db2:pyodbc': DB2Adapter,
     'teradata': TeradataAdapter,
     'informix': InformixAdapter,
     'informix-se': InformixSEAdapter,

gluon/dal/adapters/db2.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from .base import BaseAdapter
 
 
 class DB2Adapter(BaseAdapter):
-    drivers = ('pyodbc',)
+    drivers = ('ibm_db_dbi', 'pyodbc')
 
     types = {
         'boolean': 'CHAR(1)',
@@ -73,8 +73,18 @@ class DB2Adapter(BaseAdapter):
         self._after_connection = after_connection
         self.find_or_make_work_folder()
         ruri = uri.split('://', 1)[1]
+        
         def connector(cnxn=ruri,driver_args=driver_args):
-            return self.driver.connect(cnxn,**driver_args)
+            if self.driver_name == 'ibm_db_dbi':
+                vars = cnxn.split(";")
+                cnxn = {}
+                for var in vars:
+                    v = var.split('=')
+                    cnxn[v[0]] = v[1]
+                return self.driver.connect(cnxn['DSN'], cnxn['UID'], cnxn['PWD'], **driver_args)
+            else:
+                return self.driver.connect(cnxn, **driver_args)
+                
         self.connector = connector
         if do_connect: self.reconnect()
 

gluon/dal/base.py

@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ Supported DAL URI strings::
     'mssql4://web2py:none@A64X2/web2py_test' # best pagination (requires >= 2012)
     'oracle://username:password@database'
     'firebird://user:password@server:3050/database'
-    'db2://DSN=dsn;UID=user;PWD=pass'
+    'db2:ibm_db_dbi://DSN=dsn;UID=user;PWD=pass'
+    'db2:pyodbc://driver=DB2;hostname=host;database=database;uid=user;pwd=password;port=port'
     'firebird://username:password@hostname/database'
     'firebird_embedded://username:password@c://path'
     'informix://user:password@server:3050/database'