Database programming

This database programming topic contains information about the DB2 Universal Database™ for iSeries™ (DB2^® UDB for iSeries) database management system, and describes how to set up and use the database on iSeries servers using traditional system interfaces.

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• Database file concepts
  These topics provide some of the basic database concepts for setting up or working with IBM^® i5/OS™ database files.
• Set up database files
  These topics discuss how to set up any iSeries database file, how to describe access paths for a database file, and how to secure a database.
• Process database files
  These topics discuss how to make your database files process more efficiently on the i5/OS™ operating system, how to open, manipulate, and close database files, and how to monitor and manage error messages related to your database files.
• Manage database files
  These topics discuss how to maintain control of database files on your system by managing the files, their descriptions and attributes. Information about how to maintain control over your data to protect it from loss, how to ensure data integrity with constraints, and how to set up trigger events when the data changes is included.
• Double-byte character set considerations
  These topics describe double-byte character set (DBCS) considerations as they apply to the database on the iSeries system.
• Related information for database programming
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