Database administration

See several topics that can help you to manage your database.

• Alter and manage database objects
  The iSeries™ server provides both SQL and system methods for altering and managing the database objects you create. These links show you how to work with library, table, view, journal, alias, and index objects.
• Create database objects
  The first step in developing your database is to create the objects that hold your data. This category covers both SQL and file-based methods for creating tables, views, and indexes (with SQL) as well as physical and logical files (with file-based methods).
• Ensure data integrity
  iSeries™ provides several different integrity measures, including constraints, trigger programs, and commitment control.
• Import and export data between systems
  Importing data is the process of retrieving data from external sources, while exporting data is the process of extracting data from DB2 Universal Database™ for iSeries™ and copying the data to another server.
• Manage journals
  You can use journal management to audit database and other activities on your server, as well as recover changes.
• Work with multiple databases
  Set up multiple independent user databases on your iSeries™. This topic describes how to use independent disk pools to configure multiple databases.
• Work with triggers and constraints
  Triggers and constraints can be used to manipulate and manage data in your database tables. These links describe different methods for adding and using triggers and constraints.
• Write DB2 programs
  DB2 Universal Database™ for iSeries™ provides various methods for writing applications that access or update iSeries™ data.