Thank you Vladimir,
i actualy took the connection string from there, just confused password with pwd (shame on me)

>>Thanks to both of you guys,
>>unfornunately it doesn't seem to work. Those statements really suppress the dialog box, but now i cannot connect to DB2 (i am afraid it is the only way to connect to DB2 - enter login/pass ).
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>Hi Mariam,
>Check http://www.connectionstrings.com/?carrier=ibmdb2