<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="security" content="public" /> <meta name="Robots" content="index,follow" /> <meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true r (cz 1 lz 1 nz 1 oz 1 vz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l gen true r (SS~~000 1))' /> <meta name="DC.Type" content="reference" /> <meta name="DC.Title" content="Access data using Distributed Relational Database (DRDA)" /> <meta name="abstract" content="A distributed relational database consists of a set of SQL objects that are spread across interconnected computer systems. Each relational database has a relational database manager to manage the tables in its environment." /> <meta name="description" content="A distributed relational database consists of a set of SQL objects that are spread across interconnected computer systems. Each relational database has a relational database manager to manage the tables in its environment." /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rbafydynamicsqlclient.htm" /> <meta name="DC.Relation" scheme="URI" content="rbafydrda.htm" /> <meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Rights.Owner" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" /> <meta name="DC.Format" content="XHTML" /> <meta name="DC.Identifier" content="rbafydatadrda" /> <meta name="DC.Language" content="en-us" /> <!-- All rights reserved. Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ibmdita.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./ic.css" /> <title>Access data using Distributed Relational Database (DRDA)</title> </head> <body id="rbafydatadrda"><a name="rbafydatadrda"><!-- --></a> <!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <h1 class="topictitle1">Access data using Distributed Relational Database (DRDA<sup>®</sup>)</h1> <div><p>A <em>distributed relational database</em> consists of a set of SQL objects that are spread across interconnected computer systems. Each relational database has a relational database manager to manage the tables in its environment.</p> <div class="section"><p>The database managers communicate and cooperate with each other in a way that allows a given database manager access to run SQL statements on a relational database on another system. </p> </div> </div> <div> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbafydynamicsqlclient.htm" title="You can access DB2 UDB for iSeries data through client interfaces on the server.">Use of dynamic SQL through client interfaces</a></div> </div> <div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br /> <div><a href="rbafydrda.htm" title="A distributed relational database consists of a set of SQL objects that are spread across interconnected computer systems.">Distributed relational database function and SQL</a></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>