#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Function to connect to database.
# Parameters $1 dbalias, $2 debug switch (ksh set: +x for off, -x for on). 
CONNECT()
{
 set $2; DEBUG_SWITCH=$2
 db2 "CONNECT TO ${1}"
 RETURN_CODE=$?
 if [[ $RETURN_CODE -ne 0 ]]; then
    MESSAGE "Failed to connect to database: \"${1}\"" PLAIN E $DEBUG_SWITCH
    TERMINATE
    return $RETURN_CODE
 fi
}

