DB2 for iSeries Concepts & Facilities

Course Code: DBICF
Duration: 1 day
Audience: DB2 developers and systems administrators.
Prerequisites: At least six (6) months of IT experience.
Summary: This presentation summarises the DB2 for OS/400 architecture, objects, SQL programming facilities, SQL data definition facilities and the like.
This course is a prerequisite to the more extensive workshop-oriented courses, SQL Essentials, for example.
Objectives: Upon completion of this presentation, the participant should be conversant with all of the following topics:
  • DB2 architecture (e.g., query dispatcher, stat manager)
  • Query processing components (e.g., optimiser, data access, primitives)
  • SQL options (dynamic vs. static SQL)
  • SQL objects (e.g., schemas, tables, views, constraints, triggers)
  • User-defined functions
  • Data types
  • Constraints (e.g., referential integrity)
  • Summary of data access methods (e.g., index options)
  • Visual Explain - introduction
  • Monitoring and tuning facilities
  • iSeries Navigator
  • Data Definition Language (DDL) - e.g., create DB2 objects
  • Locking and concurrency (e.g., isolation levels)
  • Catalog views
  • Two-phase commit
  • Utilities (e.g., IMPORT, EXPORT)
  • Security options

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