Hehe, I just figured the guy was really a car mechanic

As for the stored procedures, you don't have to use them.  If you want you use them, you'll need to hand code them (good luck), otherwise, the businss object will generate the CRUD statements on its own.  So, as for why the BOMapper isn't picking up on the primary key, I don't know.  When you view the fields within the BOMapper, do any of the fields show up with the little key icon?  If not, you can specify the primary key for the business object by going into the business object's properties within the BOMapper.  There is a field for overriding the PK specification.  You can't enter the field, but if you hit the browse button, you'll get a dialog that allows you to enter the field(s) that is the primary key.  Once you have that set, everything should be good and allow you enter records.

        Public Overrides Function CreateBlankDbConnection() As System.Data.Common.DbConnection
            Dim conn As DbConnection = Me._Factory.CreateConnection()
            conn.ConnectionString = Me.ConnectionString
            Return conn
        End Function

The _Factory is, of course private, but you can either override the constructor and store it off yourself, or just create a new DB2Connection object, since you know what provider you're using

'-- Custom data source class
Public Class MyDb2DataSourceItem
    Inherits MicroFour.StrataFrame.Data.Db2.Db2DataSourceItem

    Public Sub New(ByVal dataSourceKey As String, ByVal connectionString As String)
        MyBase.New(dataSourceKey, connectionString, _
            System.Data.Common.DbProviderFactories.GetFactory("IBM.Data.DB2"))
    End Sub

    Public Overrides Function CreateBlankDbConnection() As System.Data.Common.DbConnection
        Dim conn As System.Data.Common.DbConnection
        conn = MyBase.CreateBlankDbConnection()
        DirectCast(conn, IBM.DB2.Data.DB2Connection).NoJournaling = True
        Return conn
    End Function

End Class

'-- Change the SetDataSources() method in the AppMain.vb to use your new class, not the SF item
Public Shared Sub SetDataSources()
    DataLayer.DataSources.Add(New MyDb2DataSourceItem("", "db2 connection string"))
End Sub

So, create your own class, and all you have to override is the CreateBlankDbConnection().  So, get the connection and modify that journaling property before you return it.