SQL accessibility

IBM® is committed to providing interfaces and documentation that are easily accessible to the disabled community.

For general information about IBM's Accessibility support visit the Accessibility Center at http://www.ibm.com/able.Link outside of Information Center

SQL accessibility support falls in two main categories.

  • System i Navigator is graphical user interface to the IBM i operating system and Db2® for i. For information about the Accessibility features supported in Windows graphical user interfaces, see Accessibility in the Windows Help Index.
  • Online documentation, online help, and prompted SQL interfaces can be accessed by a Windows Reader program such as the IBM Home Page Reader. For information about the IBM Home Page Reader and other tools, visit the Accessibility CenterLink outside of Information Center.

The IBM Home Page Reader can be used to access all descriptive text in this book, all articles in the SQL Information Center, and all SQL messages. Due to the complex nature of SQL syntax diagrams, however, the reader will skip syntax diagrams. Two alternatives are provided for better ease of use:

  • Interactive SQL and Query Manager

    Interactive SQL and Query Manager are traditional file interfaces that provide prompting for SQL statements. These are part of the IBM DB2® Query Manager and SQL Development Kit for i. For more information about Interactive SQL and Query Manager, see the SQL Programming and Query Manager UseLink to PDF topics.

  • SQL Assist

    SQL Assist is a graphical user interface that provides a prompted interface to SQL statements. This is part of System i Navigator. For more information, see the System i Navigator online help and the Information Center.