Database <body><font class=grey2><center> </center><blockquote> <p> <h1>Database</h1> <p> </p> <p>Welcome to DB2 Universal Database<sup>(TM)</sup> for iSeries<sup>(TM)</sup> information. This information enables you to take advantage of the DB2 Universal Database (UDB) for iSeries database to access and manage server data through an application or a user interface.</P> <P>As well as providing access to and protection for your data, DB2 UDB for iSeries provides advanced functions such as referential integrity and parallel database processing. <p style="margin-left:50px;"><b><a href="rzatcprintable.htm">Printable PDFs</a></b> <br>Use the Printable PDFs topic to access DB2 manuals in HTML or in PDF format for printing. <p style="margin-left:50px;"><b><a href="rzatckickoff.htm">Database overview</a></b> <br>Database overview contains information to get you started with database, including a general description of DB2 UDB for iSeries, common terminology, and tutorials for <a href="http://www.setgetweb.com/p/i5/appsvrcfgdb.htm">database access</a> methods. <p style="margin-left:50px;"><b><a href="rzatdfinder.htm">Database information finder</a></b> <br>Use the Database information finder to quickly find DB2 and SQL information and examples. <p style="margin-left:50px;"><b><a href="rzahfadmin.htm">Administration</a></b> <br>Administrative topics provide the key "how-to" information for DB2 UDB for iSeries. Included in Administration are <a href="http://www.setgetweb.com/p/i5/rbafoccben.htm">commitment control</a>, database <a href="http://www.setgetweb.com/p/i5/rzahgbackup.htm">backup and recovery</a>, <a href="http://www.setgetweb.com/p/i5/rzahfmultipledb.htm">distributed database administration</a>, queries and reports, security, and methods for working with database objects and data. <p style="margin-left:50px;"><b><a href="rzakjcommitkickoff.htm">Commitment control</a></b> <br>Commitment control is a function that ensures <a href="http://www.setgetweb.com/p/i5/rbafodicon.htm">data integrity</a>. It allows you to define and process a group of changes to resources, such as database files or tables, as a transaction. Commitment control ensures that either the entire group of individual changes occurs on all systems that participate or that none of the changes occurs. <p style="margin-left:50px;"><b><a href="rzajqkickoff.htm">Database performance and query optimization</a></b> <br>Maximize database and SQL performance with the information contained in this topic. <p style="margin-left:50px;"><b><a href="rzahgdbp.htm">Programming</a></b> <br>See resources for database, SQL, and embedded <a href="http://www.setgetweb.com/p/i5/rbafykickoff.htm">SQL programming</a>. <p style="margin-left:50px;"><b><a href="rzahgdref.htm">Reference</a></b> <br>Find SQL and distributed data reference information. You can also use the Database information finder to quickly find database and SQL information and examples. <p style="margin-left:50px;"><b><a href="rzatekickoff.htm">Troubleshooting</a></b> <br>Here are the solutions to common questions and problems for <a href="http://www.setgetweb.com/p/i5/rbafodb2.htm">DB2 Universal Database for iSeries</a> (DB2 UDB for iSeries). <p style="margin-left:50px;"><b><a href="rzatdadd.htm">Related information</a></b> <br>Find links to database resources outside the i5/OS<sup>(TM)</sup> Information Center. </body> </html>