If a kernel crashes when usingibm-db, this is indicative of some environment variables (such asDYLD_LIBRARY_PATH) not having been configured for use by VS Code.

To resolve this issue ensure the environment variables as defined in the following documentation (https://github.com/ibmdb/python-ibmdb#installation) have been initialized.To define these env variable:

• Create a file named.env in the workspace folder of VS Code
• Add the necessary env variable as follows:

  DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=<value>LD_LIBRARY_PATH=<value>

Originally filed herehttps://github.com/microsoft/vscode-jupyter/issues/9347