Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to close this post as I came across my solution today and tested ot
with success.
So, my issue was the driver I selected. DB2 has two main drivers (both required)
namely (db2jcc.jar and db2jcc_license_cu.jar).
The issue I was having was resolved whenm instead of using the db2jcc.jar
I replaced it with the db2jcc4.jar.
I have no furrther details, as db2jcc4.jar is all that was needed.
Hope that helps someone else.