Hi Allan, Check if your DB2INSTANCE environment variable is set correctly to the instance name to over come this error. Given that you have no need for a local db on your client machine, you can use the the IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC CLI package, a small foot print DB2 client (aprox 20 MB) to connect to your DB2 server.
How to setup IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC CLI: 1) Download the package suitable for you platform and the architecture for which perl is built (32/64 bit). 2) Untar the tar ball downloaded. Say it is placed in directory (/home/ user/clidriver) 3) set the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the lib directory in the location above export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/user/clidriver/lib 4) Now run you test case using un-cataloged connection Let me know if you require more information Thanks Praveen
