Command Reference

UPDATE CLI CONFIGURATION

Updates the contents of a specified section in the db2cli.ini file.

The db2cli.ini file is used as the DB2 call level interface (CLI) configuration file. It contains various keywords and values that can be used to modify the behavior of the DB2 CLI and the applications using it. The file is divided into sections, each section corresponding to a database alias name. For more information about this file and the CLI/ODBC configuration keywords, see the CLI Guide and Reference.

Authorization

sysadm

Required Connection

None

Command Syntax

>>-UPDATE CLI----+-CONFIGURATION-+--FOR SECTION--section-name---> +-CONFIG--------+ '-CFG-----------' .------------------. V | >-----USING-----keyword value---+------------------------------><

Command Parameters

FOR SECTION section-name

Name of the section whose keywords are to be updated. If the specified section does not exist, a new section is created.

USING keyword value

Specifies the CLI/ODBC parameter to be updated.

Usage Notes

The section name and the keywords specified on this command are not case sensitive. However, the keyword values are case sensitive.

If a keyword value is a string containing single quotation marks or imbedded blanks, the entire string must be delimited by double quotation marks. For example:

   db2 update cli cfg for section tstcli1x
      using TableType "'TABLE','VIEW','SYSTEM TABLE'"

See Also

GET CLI CONFIGURATION.

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