v8.2 [Mar 27, 2008]
Prior to Version 9, there were two similar runtime clients on the Windows(R) operating systems, the DB2(R) Run-Time Client and the DB2 Run-Time Client Lite. The Version 9 Runtime Client evolved from the Version 8 Run-Time Client Lite and is now the only runtime client available for the Windows operating systems. On the Linux(R) and UNIX(R) platforms, the Version 9 Runtime Client has changed little from the Version 8 DB2 Run-Time Client.
The Windows version of the DB2 Runtime Client includes the following enhancements:
It is licensed so that you can freely redistribute it with applications that you sell to other companies.
It is available in a 64-bit version.
It can coexist with other DB2 products on the same computer.
Other enhancements affecting the DB2 Runtime Client are as follows:
You can install multiple copies of a client on the same computer. These copies can be the same or different versions, for example, V8.2, V9.1.100 and V9.1.300.
Version 9 introduces a new application driver for ODBC or CLI applications. If you used a runtime client in the past, you might prefer using this driver, as it uses an even smaller application deployment footprint.
