What do you want to do with the DB2 Universal Database?
What do you want to do with the DB2 Universal Database?
Choose the appropriate book for your operating system and server type. On many systems, only one of these books is installed and the other links will not work.
To install and configure other DB2 products, choose the Quick Beginnings book that comes with each product:
You can view the release notes for DB2 Universal Database or DB2 Connect.
With the DB2 Administration Tools, you can administer database servers locally or from remote clients.
If you installed the documentation for the administration tools, you can view these books online. Otherwise, some of the following links will not work.
You can use the data warehousing aspects of DB2 UDB to create stores of informational data--data that is extracted from operational data and then transformed for decision making. Users can query the warehouse without impacting the operational databases. Users can also access integrated online analytical processing capabilities to easily define and share multidimensional applications.
With the Software Developer's Kit that is part of the DB2 Application Development Client, you can write DB2 applications using embedded SQL, the ODBC-compliant Call Level Interface APIs, or DB2's own APIs for database programming.
If you installed the documentation for the Application Developer's Client, you can view these books online. Otherwise, some of the following links will not work.
With the Software Development Client documentation, we provide online versions of the sample programs, including hypertext links to descriptions of SQL keywords and APIs.
You can also administer database servers from development systems by installing the administration tools.
With DB2 Connect you can put your mainframe data to work on the desktop. DB2 Connect Enterprise Edition is a network gateway that allows many workstations to access host databases from desktop applications. DB2 Connect Personal Edition provides the same capability for individual workstations. The DB2 Connect capability is included in the DB2 Enterprise Edition and Enterprise - Extended Edition products.
If you installed the documentation for DB2 Connect, you can view these books online. Otherwise, some of the following links will not work.
You can also administer database servers from systems used for host connectivity by installing the administration tools.
With DB2 Universal Database you can use the Internet and the World Wide Web to grow your business and gain a competitive advantage. You can also find information on the World Wide Web to help you use DB2 effectively.
For the following links to work, your network connection must allow access to external sites on the World Wide Web.
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