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<h1 class="topictitle1">Create and describe database files</h1>
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<div><p>This topic provides an overview of the process of creating database
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files, libraries, source files, and physical files. </p>
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<div class="p">The system supports several methods for describing and creating a database
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file: <ul><li class="liexpand"> Interactive data definition utility (IDDU) <p>You can create a database
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file by using IDDU, part of the WebSphere<sup>®</sup> Development Studio for iSeries™ licensed
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program. If you are using IDDU to describe your database files, you might
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also consider using it to create your files.</p>
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<li class="liexpand">Control language (CL), using source entry utility (SEU) or data file utility
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(DFU) to specify data description specifications (DDS). <p>You can create
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a database file by using CL. The CL database file create commands are: Create
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Physical File (CRTPF), Create Logical File (CRTLF), and Create Source Physical
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File (CRTSRCPF). After a database file is created, you can use SEU or DFU
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to describe data in the file. SEU and DFU are part of IBM<sup>®</sup> WebSphere Development Studio for iSeries licensed
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program. These topics focus on how to create files using these methods.</p>
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<li class="liexpand">Structured Query Language (SQL)<p>You can create and describe a database
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file (table) by using SQL statements. SQL is the IBM relational database language, and can
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be used on <span class="keyword">iSeries</span> to interactively
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describe and create database files.</p>
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<li class="liexpand">iSeries Navigator <p>You
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can also create a database file (table) using iSeries Navigator.</p>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafocrtlib.htm">Create a library</a></strong><br />
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A library is a system object that serves as a directory to other objects. It groups related objects and allows the user to find objects by name.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafosetsrc.htm">Set up source files</a></strong><br />
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This topic describes how to set up source files and why you use them.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafosetcom.htm">Describe database files</a></strong><br />
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These topics introduce several methods for describing <span class="keyword">iSeries</span> database files, with focus on
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how to describe database files using data description specifications (DDS)
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because DDS has the most options for defining data. </li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbafophysf.htm">Set up physical files</a></strong><br />
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These topics discuss the unique considerations for creating a physical file.</li>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbafosetup.htm" title="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.">Set up database files</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
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<div><a href="../sqlp/rbafykickoff.htm">SQL programming</a></div>
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<div><a href="../sqlp/rbafysqlpctablecreate.htm">Create and use a table</a></div>
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<div><a href="../rzatc/rzatcgetstartinav.htm">Get started with iSeries Navigator</a></div>
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