DATABASES = {
    'db2': {
        'ENGINE'     : 'ibm_db_django',
        'NAME'       : 'SAMPLE',
        'USER'       : 'USERNAME',
        'PASSWORD'   : 'TOPSECRET',
        'HOST'       : 'localhost',
        'PORT'       : '50000',
        'PCONNECT'   :  False,      #Optional property, by default it is false
    }
}

try:
    db2_cursor = connections['db2'].cursor()
except Exception, e:
    db2_cursor = False
    logger.error("db2-connection failure: %s" % e)


def get_from_db2(search_id):
    sql_query = settings.DB2_SQLQUERY % search_id

    if not db2_cursor:
        logger.info(u"DB2 - no connection")
        return None

    db2_cursor.execute(sql_query)

    # do stuff