Establishing a Db2 server or database connection and a look at transaction processing.  Read Part 1 here.

By Roger Sanders

Editor's Note: This article is excerpted from chapter 6 of QuickStart Guide to Db2 Development with Python, by Roger Sanders.

Establishing a Db2 Server or Database Connection

Before any type of operation can be performed against a Db2 server or database, a connection to that server or database must first be established. Python applications that use the ibm_db library can establish Db2 server and database connections by executing the ibm_db.connect() or the ibm_ db.pconnect() API. Python applications using the ibm_db_dbi library must execute the ibm_db_dbi.connect() API instead.

Other Findings: Asia Pacific Now Most Attacked Region; Average Lifespan of Ransomware Groups is 17 Months; Vishing Triples Phishing Click Rate

By IBM Corporation

IBM Security today released its annual X-Force Threat Intelligence Index unveiling how ransomware and vulnerability exploitations together were able to "imprison" businesses in 2021 further burdening global supply chains, with manufacturing emerging as the most targeted industry. While phishing was the most common cause of cyberattacks in general in the past year, IBM Security X-Force observed a 33% increase in attacks caused by vulnerability exploitation of unpatched software, a point of entry that ransomware actors relied on more than any other to carry out their attacks in 2021, representing the cause of 44% of ransomware attacks.