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## IBM DB2

The [IBM_DB_SA](https://github.com/ibmdb/python-ibmdbsa/tree/master/ibm_db_sa) library provides a
Python / SQLAlchemy interface to IBM Data Servers.

Here's the recommended connection string:

```
db2+ibm_db://{username}:{passport}@{hostname}:{port}/{database}
```

There are two DB2 dialect versions implemented in SQLAlchemy. If you are connecting to a DB2 version without `LIMIT [n]` syntax, the recommended connection string to be able to use the SQL Lab is:

```
ibm_db_sa://{username}:{passport}@{hostname}:{port}/{database}
```