IBM Database Add-ins for Visual Studio 2005/2008 used to be available as part of the IBM Data Server Client package, which contains all the main IBM data server drivers and a fair amount of DB2 client programs. It was a big package to install for a developer who just wanted to do .NET programming in Visual Studio. Now you can download the stand alone VSAI package here.

When you get to the download screen you can choose to download the 33 Mb VSAI executable, or the release notes. I'll warn you now the release notes are disappointing and not worth the bother. The VSAI software though is great. Try the VSAI tag on this blog for a few pointers to articles.

The IBM Information Management and Visual Studio .NET is also a good starting point for .NET programming resources.