IBM® Informix® 12.10

Designing and Implementing a Database

These topics provide information to help you design, implement, and manage your IBM® Informix® databases. It includes data models that illustrate different approaches to database design and shows you how to use structured query language (SQL) to implement and manage your databases.

This publication is written for the following users:

Database administrators
Database server administrators
Database-application programmers

This publication assumes that you have the following background:

A working knowledge of your computer, your operating system, and the utilities that your operating system provides
Some experience working with relational databases or exposure to database concepts
Some experience with computer programming

This publication is one of several publications that contain information about the IBM Informix implementation of SQL. The IBM Informix Guide to SQL: Tutorial shows how to use basic and advanced SQL and Stored Procedure Language (SPL) routines to access and manipulate the data in your databases. The IBM Informix Guide to SQL: Syntax contains all the syntax descriptions for SQL and SPL. The IBM Informix Guide to SQL: Reference provides reference information for aspects of SQL other than the language statements.

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To find the PDF, see Publications for the IBM Informix 12.10 family of products.
For the release notes, documentation notes, and/or machine notes, see the Release Notes page.

Release date: March 2014