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Hello World: DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Introduction to basic features and concepts

Claire Hong, Advisory Software Developer, IBM Toronto Lab
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Claire Hong is a Software Developer with eight years experience at IBM Toronto Software Development Lab, working on the design, implementation, performance tuning and L3 advanced support of DB2 database kernel areas including index, recovery, and locking. From DB2 Version 6 to Version 9, she has delivered features such as Async Index Cleanup, Online Index Creation, Online Index Reorg, HADR Index Support, as well as numerous index performance tuning features. Currently, Claire is working for the DB2 Continuing Engineering Team, Kernel area, and is responsible for Index Manager as well as Data Protection Service components. Her most recent interests are to transfer her DB2 knowledge to external DB2 user communities and help improve the DB2 user experience.
Renata Kupresak, Staff Software Developer, IBM Toronto Lab
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Renata Kupresak is a Software Developer for DB2 currently working in the FVT Kernel team where she is responsible for Quality Assurance of different product components. Prior to that she worked on the Data Movement team where she was the component owner of Import and Export Utilities. She was also involved in introducing XML support for these utilities. Renata graduated from York University with a Bachelor in Science, Combined Honours in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics as well as Bachelor of Education in Intermediate/Senior Division.

Summary:  This tutorial provides high-level overviews of various IBM software products. You'll get an introduction to some introduction to some of the basic features and concepts in DB2® for Linux®, UNIX® and Windows® and learn you how to implement a database in DB2 environment. The exercises offer step-by-step instructions on how to create a database, how to create DB2 objects such as tables, indexes, views and constraints, how to get data in and out of the database, and how to query the data in the database.

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Date:  11 Dec 2006
Level:  Introductory
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This series is for software developers who want high-level overviews of IBM software products. The modules are designed to introduce the products, and draw your interest for further exploration. The exercises cover only the basic concepts, but are enough to get you started.

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This tutorial shows you how to implement a database in DB2 environment. The exercises offer step-by-step instructions on how to create a database, how to create DB2 objects such as tables, indexes, views and constraints, how to get data in and out of the database, and how to query the data in the database.

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At the end of this tutorial, you will be able to create a database and other objects, such as tablespaces, tables, indexes and views.

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Prerequisites

This tutorial is designed for developers with minimum or no knowledge of DB2.

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Before starting this tutorial, make sure DB2 Express 9 is installed. Download a no charge version of DB2 Express-C 9.

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