Interfaces to DB2 Universal Database for iSeries

 

DB2 Universal Database™ for iSeries™ provides several independent interfaces to the database.

• Traditional system interface
  The i5/OS traditional system interface is the full set of system commands and other non-SQL facilities that you can use to access and change DB2 Universal Database for iSeries data.

• SQL
  Structured Query Language (SQL) is a standardized language that can be used within host programming languages or interactively to define, access, and manipulate data in a relational database.

• iSeries Navigator
  iSeries Navigator is a no-charge feature of iSeries Access for Windows^® that is bundled with the i5/OS operating system. It provides a graphical, Microsoft^® Windows interface to common i5/OS management functions, including database.

• IBM Query for iSeries
  IBM^® Query for iSeries is an IBM licensed program (5722-QU1) that you can use to select, format, and analyze information from database files to produce reports and other files.

 

Parent topic:

Database file concepts