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Appendix A. Useful DB2 Commands

Appendix A. Useful DB2 Commands

This section provides information about the system commands that can be entered at an operating system command prompt, or in a shell script, to access and maintain the database manager. Appendix A also explains how to invoke and use the command line processor (CLP) and describes CLP options. The CLP is used to execute database utilities, SQL statements, and online help. The CLP offers a variety of command options and can be started in:

  • Interactive input mode, characterized by the db2 => input prompt

  • Command mode, where each command must be prefixed by db2

  • Batch mode, which uses the ?f file input option.



    		IBM Press Series?Information Management
    		About Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference
    		Foreword
    		Preface
    		Chapter 1. Data Storage
    		Chapter 2. Data Manipulation
    		Chapter 3. Database Availability
    		Chapter 4. Database Security
    		Chapter 5. Multi-Dimensional Clustering
    		Chapter 6. The DB2 Optimizer
    		Chapter 7. Federated Database Access
    		Chapter 8. Performance Tuning
    		Chapter 9. Database Communications
    		Chapter 10. Performance Tuning Examples
    		Appendix A. Useful DB2 Commands
    		System Commands
    		CLP Commands
    		ONLINE Utility
    		Appendix B. parseSQL.pl
    		Appendix C. exfmtDIF.pl
    		Appendix D. Comparing Index Advisor Recommended Indexes with Existing Indexes
    		Appendix E. Configuration Parameters That Can Be Changed Online
    		Appendix F. Explain Tools
    		Appendix G. Starting and Stopping a DB2 Instance
    		Appendix H. LDAP Integration in DB2 UDB Using Microsoft Active Directory
    		Appendix I. Tuning DB2 UDB in the IBM LDAP Environment
    		Appendix J. DB2 Support Information
    		Appendix K. DB2 Connect Implementation
    		Appendix L. Sample Questions
    		Appendix M. Answers to Sample Questions
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