title: IBM DB2 native library access or small API
body: <p>is there a simple database client library / way to access a IBM DB2 database. </p>
  
  <p>I write a simple tool (c / c++) that needs to query some data from a DB2 database. I started to look for a simple library like for MySQL (e.g. a vew dll-files) but I only find the huge "DB2 Express-C server" (> 300 MB) or other IBM products... Is there a other way to connect a native (no Java) application to a DB2 Server without installing such huge packages?</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>there is the php-libary (dll) : is it possible to direct use this libary or does this libary request also the whole DB2 installation?</li>
  <li>is there a small redistributable pack</li>
  <li>may I only need to copy some files out of the "DB2 Express-C server" instalation?</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>thank you :-)</p>