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general information under Notices on page 53.

Fourth Edition, Softcopy Only (June 2003)

This edition applies to Version 7 of IBM DATABASE 2 Universal Database Server for OS/390 and z/OS (DB2 for
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Contents
About this book

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Chapter 1. The soul of e-business . . . . . . .

Using DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 as your Web server .
Application servers on the Web . . . . . . . .
Database access with DB2 Connect . . . . . .
Transaction manager support for multisite updates .
High-speed text search for your Web applications .
DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 Version 7 for your e-business
intelligence applications . . . . . . . . . . .
Warehouse integration . . . . . . . . . . .
Improved performance, availability, and scalability .
More power for your enterprise applications . . . .

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More power for managing data in DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 . . . . . .
Comprehensive statistics history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Utility lists with pattern matching and dynamic allocation . . . . . . .
More DBADM authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Enhanced management of constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deferred definitions of data sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DB2 for your e-business reliable, scalable, and available . . . . . .
A new UNLOAD utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A new COPYTOCOPY utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Parallel LOAD with multiple inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Improved optimization and parallelism . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Faster online REORG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
More concurrency with online LOAD RESUME . . . . . . . . . .
Changing system parameters without stopping DB2 . . . . . . . .
Improved availability of some user objects . . . . . . . . . . . .
Improved availability with CHECKPAGE for COPY . . . . . . . . .
Log suspend and resume for external copy . . . . . . . . . . .
Allow retry of log-read request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DDF suspend and resume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Index access for small tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Data sharing enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Outstanding performance when running DB2 on Enterprise Storage Server.
Easier integration of enterprise applications . . . . . . . . . . . .
DB2 XML Extender for OS/390 and z/OS for your e-business . . . . .
Unions in views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
More flexibility with SQL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Global transaction support for distributed applications. . . . . . . .
Better monitoring of the distributed environment . . . . . . . . . .
Support for loading output from a SELECT Statement . . . . . . .
Support for Java stored procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stored procedures that are written entirely in SQL . . . . . . . . .
ODBC 3.0 support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Savepoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Support for defining identity columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ability to define declared temporary tables . . . . . . . . . . . .
SQL support for REXX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
New Precompiler Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unicode support for international data stores and e-business . . . . .

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Enhanced DB2 Extender for text objects . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Enhanced business partnerships with independent software developers . .
Improvements in connectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Support for COMMIT and ROLLBACK in stored procedures . . . . . .
Support for Windows Kerberos security . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reporting server elapsed time at the workstation . . . . . . . . . .
DB2 MQSeries functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
New packaging for DB2 utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Support for Migration to Version 7 of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 from Version 5
or Version 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Information to help you use DB2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
New books about DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 . . . . . . . . . . . .
DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Helpful Web sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DB2 family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Chapter 3. Managing your Enterprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Reporting and governing your enterprise using QMF . . . . . . . . . .
QMF Version 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
QMF High Performance Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
QMF for Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Managing your enterprise with the DB2 Management Clients Package . . .
Managing DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 from your workstation with Control
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Building DB2 stored procedures from your workstation . . . . . . . .
Installing DB2 from a workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using workstation views of DB2 Explain output . . . . . . . . . . .
Estimating DB2 performance with DB2 Estimator . . . . . . . . . .
Web-ready applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Text search capability for the Internet with Net Search Extender . . . . .
Net.Data for secure Web applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Integrating and analyzing your business information using the DB2 Warehouse
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Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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About this book

This book provides an executive overview of Version 7 of IBM DB2 Universal
Database for z/OS and OS/390.
This book refers to the DB2 family as DB2 Universal Database. This book refers to
IBM DB2 Universal Database Server for z/OS and OS/390 as DB2 for z/OS and
OS/390. In cases where the context makes the meaning clear, this book uses the
term DB2 in place of the longer references.
The term MVS represents the MVS/Enterprise Systems Architecture (MVS/ESA)
element of OS/390. The term CICS represents CICS/ESA and CICS Transaction
Server for OS/390. IMS represents IMS/ESA. C and C language are terms that
represent the C programming language.
Although the focus of this book is on Version 7 of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390, IBM
has also made many of the functions and capabilities available to existing Version 6
users. This book identifies these functions and capabilities with the following pair of
graphic symbols.
V6

Information about some function or capability that is available in Version 7 and

Version 6.

Users of DB2 for OS/390 Version 5, Version 6, or Version 7, or people who want to
know about DB2, can subscribe to iSource, an IBM service that sends notification of
announcements about DB2 and other IBM software. For more information about
how to subscribe to this service, see the following Web site:
ibm.com/isource
Version 5 and Version 6 users can learn how to obtain some capabilities now.
ibm.com/software/db2os390/v5apar.html
ibm.com/software/db2os390/v6apar.html

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Chapter 1. The soul of e-business

Are you ready for e-business? A different world is out there. Its a world where eight
seconds is too long for a customer to wait, and one minute of downtime costs
thousands of dollars. Web users speak the languages of the world. Business
models and winning applications change every day.
In some ways, e-business is very simple. Customers want the best of everything,
and they want it now. If yours is not the best, then the competition is just a mouse
click away. For e-business applications, the demands are similar to your traditional
applications: fast, scalable, and available, with flexible access to usable information.
The traditional transaction processing strengths of the DB2 family, along with
exciting new functions, deliver what you need for e-business. Whether your
customers use Windows 2000, UNIX, Linux, OS/390, or z/OS operating systems,
you can deliver data with DB2. Hardware choices are just as versatile, ranging from
the new wireless handheld devices like Palm VII to the most powerful workstations
and servers, such as the new zSeries 900 e-business enterprise server with 64-bit
architecture. DB2 software makes traditional system barriers irrelevant.

Using DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 as your Web server

Many businesses choose to use DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 as their database server
for the Web. The three-tier architecture is ideal for many e-businesses. In a
three-tier architecture:
v The client is on the first tier (as it is in a two-tier architecture). The client handles
user interactions; it does not contain any business logic. A second, or middle, tier
supplements the client.
v One or more application servers reside on the middle tier. The application server
handles the portion of the business logic that does not require the functionality
that the database server provides.
v On the third tier is the database server, DB2 for z/OS and OS/390, that provides
data for the application. All Web-based database applications rely on a database
server. For performance reasons, the database server typically uses stored
procedures to handle some of the business logic.
The three primary components of Web-based database applications are the Web
browser (or client), the Web application server, and the database server. The client
handles the presentation logic and, in some cases, validates user-provided input.
Web applications sometimes integrate Java applets or JavaScript into the client-side
logic to improve the presentation layer. Hardware and software components of the
second and third tiers share responsibility for the availability, scalability, and
performance characteristics of the Web site.
In many cases, the client and server for a Web application are on different
operating systems. The client, for example, can be on a workstation-based
operating system, such as Windows 2000. The server for the application can also
be on a workstation-based operating system or on an enterprise server operating
system, such as z/OS and OS/390.

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Second tier

Client system

Web server
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Connect)

Windows 2000,
UNIX, or OS/2

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Database server
Windows 2000,
UNIX, or OS/2

Windows 2000
TCP/IP
HTTP

Database server
z/OS or OS/390

TCP/IP

Browser

WebSphere
or Net.Data

Figure 1. Three-tier connectivity with a workstation-based client and Web server, and with
different database servers

Figure 1 illustrates the use of a three-tier architecture. In this example, the Web
server on the second tier is a Windows 2000 machine. WebSphere or Net.Data
can use DB2 Connect to access DB2 for z/OS and OS/390. You will read more
about WebSphere, Net.Data, and DB2 Connect later in this section.
DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 offers a robust solution for Web applications. Specifically,
using DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 as a database server for a Web application
provides the following advantages:
v Tremendous scalability. The volume of transactions on any Web application
varies. Transaction loads increase, or spike, at different times of the day, on
different days of the month, or at different times of the year. Transaction loads
also tend to increase over time, as more users move to the Web. In a Parallel
Sysplex environment, DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 can handle the full range of
transaction loads with little or no impact on performance. Any individual user is
generally unaware of how busy the system is at a given point in time.
v High degree of availability. When DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 runs in a Parallel
Sysplex environment, the availability of data and applications is very high. If one
DB2 subsystem is unavailable because of maintenance, for example, other DB2
subsystems in the Sysplex take over the workload. Users are unaware that part
of the system is unavailable because they have access to the data and
applications that they need.

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v Ability to manage a mixed workload. DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 effectively and
efficiently manages priorities of a mixed workload as a result of its tight
integration with OS/390 Workload Manager (WLM).
v Protection of data integrity. Users of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 can benefit
from the products well-known strength in the areas of security and reliability.

Application servers on the Web

IBM provides two application servers, WebSphere and Net.Data, that help
companies "Web-enable" their data and business logic. WebSphere and Net.Data
products run on popular operating systems, including AIX, Linux, OS/390,
OS/400, Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Solaris Operating Environment.

WebSphere
The WebSphere family of products offers users:
v A Java server run-time environment that is based on industry standards
v Web-site development tools
v Commerce software
v Management software
By using these tools, companies can build, deploy, and manage portable e-business
applications. Information about WebSphere is available at:
ibm.com/software/webservers

Net.Data
The Net.Data family of products provides a robust environment for both application
development and execution. Companies can use Net.Data products to create
high-performance Web applications by using a variety of programming languages,
such as Java, REXX, Perl, and C++. IBM delivers more power with Net.Data for
Version 7 of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390. See Net.Data for secure Web applications
on page 42 for more information about Net.Data.

Database access with DB2 Connect

DB2 Connect gives applications fast and easy access to existing databases on IBM
enterprise servers. It has a highly scalable communication infrastructure for
connecting Web, Windows, UNIX (including Linux), OS/2 and mobile applications
to S/390 and AS/400 data. For detailed information about DB2 Connect, see DB2
Connect User's Guide.
DB2 Connect provides extensive application programming tools for developing
client-server and Web applications using industry standard APIs such as ODBC,
JDBC, and SQLJ.
DB2 Connect Version 7 includes the following features that enhance its database
access capabilities:
v Improved scalability and performance with connection concentration
Connection concentration, also referred to as transaction pooling, benefits
applications that acquire a connection and retain the connection for long periods
of time. Connection concentrator technology concentrates the workload from all
applications in fewer S/390 host or AS/400 database server connections. The
connection concentrator provides:
Automatic thread reuse following commit and rollback points
Delayed thread reuse when an open WITH HOLD cursor is detected
Intact SQL special registers across transaction boundaries

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v Improved load-balance and fail-over support for DB2 for z/OS and OS/390
servers in Parallel Sysplex environments
v Distributed request capability that lets you work with all DB2 family servers in the
same SQL statement, and access Oracle databases by using the DB2 Relational
Connect option.
v Support for new function in DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 Version 7 that includes:
Scrollable cursors, described in Scrollable cursors on page 18.
FETCH FIRST n ROWS ONLY, described in FETCH FIRST n ROWS SQL
clause and fast implicit close on page 19.
Single sign-on capability using Kerberos and user ID and password
encryption, described in Support for Windows Kerberos security on page 23.
v Improved transactional capabilities with support for tightly-coupled X/Open XA
transactions, such as those required by BEA Tuxedo, and support for Microsoft
SNA Server in two-phase commit applications

Transaction manager support for multisite updates

In a multisite update, data is updated in more than one database within a single
transaction. A distributed transaction typically involves multiple recoverable
resources, such as DB2 tables, MQSeries messages, and IMS databases. With
global transaction support, new in Version 7, independent DB2 agents can
participate in a single global transaction, share locks, and access the same data
within a single transaction, as described in Global transaction support for
distributed applications on page 20.
A transaction manager coordinates commit operations across a distributed
transaction. DB2 supports a wide range of transaction manager products.
Application environments that use DB2 Connect to access DB2 remotely can use
the following transaction manager products:
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IBM WebSphere
BEA Tuxedo
BEA WebLogic
Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)

v IBM TxSeries (CICS and Encina)

v Java applications that support Java Transaction API (JTA) and Enterprise
JavaBeans (EJBs)
v Message and Queuing Series (MQSeries)
The XA protocol is a bidirectional interface between a transaction manager and
resource managers that provides coordinated updates across a distributed
transaction. In this environment, DB2 Connect, DDF, and local attachment facilities
(RRSAF, CICS, IMS) now recognize database connections that are part of a global
transaction. Locks are shared across the branches of a distributed global
transaction.
Example: An application server initiates a global transaction and uses Enterprise
JavaBeans to invoke applications at other application servers. These other
application servers then invoke additional applications at other servers as part of
the global transaction.
When the application runs, the middleware, such as DB2 Connect, identifies the
various branches of the global transaction so that DB2 (as a resource manager)

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understands the relationships between the database connections. DB2

automatically lets the branches of a global transaction within a given DB2
subsystem share locks so that one branch does not lock out other branches of the
same global transaction.

High-speed text search for your Web applications

A new feature of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390, Net Search Extender, delivers the
latest in high-speed Internet text search capability. This feature addresses the
needs of e-commerce and Web self-service applications. The extender handles the
heavy text search demands of large text-intensive Web sites by searching text data
in DB2. Net Search Extender rapidly searches data without locking database tables
and delivers excellent query performance and scalability using in-memory database
technology. For more information, see Text search capability for the Internet with
Net Search Extender on page 40

DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 Version 7 for your e-business and business
intelligence applications
With Version 7, DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 delivers improved performance,
availability, and scalability for your e-business and data warehouse applications.
Using the powerful environment provided by System/390, OS/390, and z/OS, you
can leverage your existing applications while developing and expanding your
electronic commerce for the future.
This section provides a quick overview of the new function. For more detailed
information on each of these enhancements, see Chapter 2, Whats new in DB2 for
z/OS and OS/390 Version 7?, on page 9 and Chapter 3, Managing your
Enterprise, on page 29.

Warehouse integration
The DB2 family is expanding the capability of the DB2 server by integrating
warehouse management. The new DB2 Warehouse Manager makes it easy to
design and deploy a data warehouse on your S/390. You can extract operational
data from your DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 and import it into an S/390 warehouse
without transferring your data to an intermediate platform. You can prototype
applications more quickly, query and analyze data, and help your users access data
and understand information. The new DB2 Warehouse Manager gives you a full set
of tools for building and using a data warehouse based on DB2 for z/OS and
OS/390.

Improved performance, availability, and scalability

The DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 Version 7 delivers improved performance,
availability, and scalability.

DB2 utilities
DB2 has included a basic set of core utilities since Version 1. These utilities initially
provided a basic level of services that let customers manage data. Some
customers, however, preferred to obtain such functions from independent software
vendors that develop utilities and tools that provided additional performance,
function, and features beyond those contained in DB2 utilities. In response to clear
customer demand, IBM has invested in improving DB2 utilities in recent releases of
DB2 for z/OS and OS/390.

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IBM now offers DB2 utilities as products in the new family of Data Management
Tools for DB2. These new DB2 utility products deliver improved and powerful tools
for your database operation and also for diagnosis and recover. For more
information, see New packaging for DB2 utilities on page 24.
New UNLOAD utility
A new utility, UNLOAD, provides faster data unloading than was available
with the DSNTIAUL program. In addition to the unload functions of REORG
UNLOAD EXTERNAL, you can also unload data from an image copy, do
row sampling, specify field selection and ordering, and use parallelism when
unloading multiple partitions.
LOAD utility enhancements
The LOAD utility has three major improvements:
v You can use SQL SELECT to produce input directly into LOAD. This
enhancement delivers a DB2 family cross loader function. Use any
DRDA-compliant server as a data input source for populating your tables
in DB2 for z/OS and OS/390. Your input can even come from non-DB2
data sources by using IBM DataJoiner for access to data from sources
as diverse as Oracle and Sybase, as well as the entire DB2 family of
database servers. See Support for loading output from a SELECT
Statement on page 20.
v In earlier releases, many customers would run individual LOAD utilities at
the partition level in order to take advantage of multiple processors. Now
this same function can be performed with a single LOAD job with multiple
partitions loaded in parallel and with added efficiency building secondary
indexes. See Parallel LOAD with multiple inputs on page 11.
v You can specify SHRLEVEL CHANGE on the LOAD utility for improved
data availability. You enable LOAD to run concurrently with queries and
applications.
REORG utility enhancements
Online REORG makes your data more available. Enhancements to this
utility eliminate the time required to rename data sets and shorten the
elapsed time. When hundreds of table space and index objects are involved
in a reorganization, the time savings can become quite significant.
New COPYTOCOPY utility
The COPYTOCOPY utility makes up to three additional backup copies
asynchronously from an existing copy and registers the copies in the DB2
catalog for recovery purposes.

Other availability enhancements

In addition to more powerful utilities, DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 Version 7 improves
availability with the following enhancements:
Change subsystem parameters without stopping DB2
With Version 7 you can change the value of many of subsystem parameters
without stopping DB2.
Restart light for data sharing
Data sharing customers can benefit from a new restart option. Restart light
lets you restart DB2 with a smaller storage footprint so that you can quickly
recover retained locks following an abnormal termination.

More power for your enterprise applications

Version 7 gives you more flexibility for your enterprise applications and makes it
easier to call applications.

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DB2 XML Extender for OS/390 and z/OS

The family adds DB2 XML Extender for OS/390 and z/OS support for the
XML data type. This extender lets you store and retrieve an XML object in
either an XML column for the entire document, or in several columns that
contain the fields from the document structure.
Improved scrollable cursors
In previous releases of DB2, cursors scroll sequentially through a result
table or a result set. With Version 7, scrollable cursors can move forward,
backward, or randomly through a result table or a result set. As a result,
your application no longer needs to cache the resultant data or to reinvoke
the query to reposition the cursor within the result data.
Support for Unicode encoded data
In the increasingly global world of business and e-commerce, there is a
growing need for data arising from geographically disparate users to be
stored in a central server. Previous releases of DB2 have offered support
for numerous code sets of data in either ASCII or EBCDIC format. However,
there was a limitation of only one code set per table. New in Version 7 is
support for Unicode encoded data. This new code set is an encoding
scheme that can represent the characters (code points) of many different
geographies and languages.
Stored procedures enhancement
Stored procedures introduced in Version 5 have increased program
flexibility and portability among relational databases. Now, with Version 7,
DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 accepts COMMIT and ROLLBACK statements
that are issued within a stored procedure. This enhancement is especially
useful for applications in which the stored procedure has been invoked from
a remote client.
Support for Precompiler Services
Now, you can take advantage of support for Precompiler Services to
perform the tasks currently executed by the DB2 precompiler. By using this
option, you can eliminate the DB2 precompile step in program preparation
and take advantage of language capabilities that had been restricted by the
precompiler. Using the host language compiler enhances DB2 family
compatibility, and makes it easier to import applications from other database
management systems and from other operating environments.
SQL enhancements
Greater flexibility and family compatibility come from several SQL
enhancements. Now, you can use a subselect to determine the values that
were used in the SET clause of an UPDATE statement. Also, you can have
a self-referencing subselect. The search condition in the WHERE clause
can include a subquery in which the object for the subquery and the
UPDATE or DELETE is the same. You can define a view with the operators
UNION or UNION ALL. You can also use a row expression to compare with
a subselect expression.

Chapter 1. The soul of e-business

Whats New?

Chapter 2. Whats new in DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 Version 7?

IBM announces enhancements to DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 that support your
needs on System/390. DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 Version 7 delivers improved
performance, availability, and scalability for data warehouse applications and
e-business.
The DB2 family expands the capability of the DB2 server by integrating warehouse
management. You can integrate your e-business and business intelligence
applications by using the powerful, highly available environment provided by
System/390, OS/390 and z/OS. You can leverage your existing applications while
developing and expanding your electronic commerce for the future.

More power for managing data in DB2 for z/OS and OS/390
Several new facilities in DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 help you track changes, submit
utility changes, manage authorizations, and share data across your enterprise.

Comprehensive statistics history

As the volume and diversity of your business activities grow, you need to change
the physical design of DB2 objects. Version 7 of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 collects
statistics history to track your changes. With historical statistics available, DB2 can
predict the future space requirements for table spaces and indexes more accurately
and run utilities to improve performance. DB2 Visual Explain uses statistics history
as a base against which to compare new variations that you enter so that you can
improve your access paths.
DB2 stores statistics in catalog history tables. To maintain optimum performance of
processes that access these tables, use the MODIFY STATISTICS utility. The utility
can delete records that were written to the catalog history tables based on a
specific date or that are those records that are a specific age.

Utility lists with pattern matching and dynamic allocation

With Version 7, database administrators can submit utilities jobs more quickly and
easily. Now you can:
v Dynamically create object lists from a pattern-matching expression
v Dynamically allocate the data sets required to process those objects
Using a LISTDEF utility control statement, you can standardize object lists and the
utility control statements that refer to them. Standardization reduces the need to
customize and change utility job streams over time. See Figure 2 for an example of
how you can define a list that you can pass to one or more utilities.
...
LISTDEF

payroll INCLUDE
INCLUDE
EXCLUDE
EXCLUDE
COPY LIST PAYROLL ...

TABLESPACE
INDEXSPACE
TABLESPACE
INDEXSPACE

PAYROLL.*
PAYROLL.*IX
PAYROLL.TEMP*
PAYROLL.TMPIX*

Figure 2. Example of a LISTDEF utility control statement that specifies a list of objects.

Copyright IBM Corp. 2001

The TEMPLATE utility control statement simplifies job control language ( JCL) by
eliminating most data definition (DD) cards. Now you can provide data set
templates, and DB2 dynamically allocates the data sets that are required based on
your allocation information.
With these utility control statements, database administrators require less time to
maintain utilities jobs, and database administrators who are new to DB2 will learn to
perform these tasks more quickly. These factors can help reduce the cost of
operations.

More DBADM authority

Database administrators now have more flexibility to administer privileges. A person
with DBADM authority can create views for others using Version 7 of DB2 for z/OS
and OS/390. This change lessens the need for granting SYSADM authority.

Enhanced management of constraints

You can specify a constraint name at the time you create primary or unique keys.
DB2 introduces the restriction of dropping an index that is required to enforce a
constraint.
V6

Deferred definitions of data sets

You can defer defining data sets when you have many tables that do not have data
in them. This enhancement enables faster installation of applications and makes
data set management easier for some CRM and ERM products such as SAP R/3
and PeopleSoft products.

DB2 for your e-business reliable, scalable, and available

Many businesses already use DB2 for their e-business. They depend on the
reliability, scalability, and availability of DB2 to serve their worldwide customers
around the clock, seven days a week. Version 7 offers many improvements for
electronic commerce. If you have not yet deployed your business on the Web, now
is the ideal time to start. A number of enhancements in Version 7 of DB2 for z/OS
and OS/390 help you gain competitive advantage.

A new UNLOAD utility

You can unload data from a table space or an image copy data set by using the
new UNLOAD utility. In most cases, the UNLOAD utility is faster than the
DSNTIAUL sample program, especially when you activate partition parallelism.
UNLOAD is easier to use than REORG UNLOAD EXTERNAL. As shown in
Figure 3 on page 11, using UNLOAD you can perform the following tasks:
v Unload data from an image copy data set.
v Unload data from multiple partitions in parallel.
v Select data by using a syntax similar to the SQL SELECT statement.
v Sample rows by table.
v Use field selection, ordering, and formatting options.
v Specify SHRLEVEL CHANGE or REFERENCE.

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Table space

Full image copy

Incremental
image copy

Decompress

Decompress

Partitioned
Table space

Decompress

DB2 UNLOAD

Unloaded data

Selected columns
or rows
Data
conversion

Row
sampling

LOAD utility
statement

Figure 3. Unloading data using the new DB2 UNLOAD utility

A new COPYTOCOPY utility

While the COPY, LOAD, and REORG utilities can make two local and two remote
site backup copies of data, you might want to make a single copy and then clone
that copy at a more convenient time. The COPYTOCOPY utility makes up to three
additional backup copies asynchronously from an existing copy and registers the
copies in the DB2 catalog for recovery purposes. You can use object wildcarding
and dynamic allocation capabilities with the COPYTOCOPY utility.

Parallel LOAD with multiple inputs

Using Version 7, you can easily load large amounts of data into partitioned table
spaces for use in data warehouse or business intelligence applications. Parallel
load with multiple inputs runs in a single step, rather than in different jobs.
The LOAD utility loads each partition from a separate data set so that one job can
load multiple partitions in parallel. Parallel loading reduces the elapsed time for

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loading the data as compared to loading the same data with a single job in earlier
releases. Using load parallelism is much easier than creating multiple LOAD jobs
for individual parts.
Figure 4 shows a parallel load of four partitions, with the SORTKEYS keyword
enabling a parallel index build of three indexes. Each load task takes input from a
sequential data set and loads the data into a corresponding partition. The utility
then extracts index keys and passes them in parallel to the sort task that is
responsible for sorting the keys for that index. If there is too much data to perform
the sort in memory, the sort product writes the keys to the sort work data sets. The
sort tasks pass the sorted keys to their corresponding build task, each of which
builds one index. If the utility encounters errors during the load, DB2 writes error
and error mapping information to the error and map data sets.

SYSREC1

SYSREC2

SYSREC3

SYSREC4

Load

Load

Load

Load

Part 1

Sort

Build

PI

Sort

Build

NPI 1

Sort

Build

NPI 2

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

SWn2WKm2

Error/Map

SWn3WKm3

SWn1WKm1

Figure 4. Parallel LOAD with multiple inputs and parallel index build

Improved optimization and parallelism

Several enhancements deliver more efficient processing of SQL queries and better
performance for complex queries.

More efficient processing for SQL queries

The way DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 Version 7 processes queries can improve
performance of your SQL queries. Among the improvements are the following items:

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v Fewer sort operations for queries that have an ORDER BY clause and WHERE
clauses with predicates of the form COL=constant
v IN-list index access parallelism, which can improve performance for queries
involving IN-list index access
v The ability to use indexes with a correlated subquery so that ERM applications,
such as PeopleSoft applications, will perform and scale much better

V6

Better optimization for complex queries

DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 can use a new star join method. The method provides
better optimization and execution performance for queries that join tables together
in a star schema. A star schema consists of a fact table and a number of
dimensions, each of which consists of one or more tables. In addition to improving
execution performance, this enhancement enables DB2 to handle more complex
star schemas and more tables in a join.

Faster online REORG

Online REORG enhancements improve the availability of data in two ways:
v Online REORG no longer renames data sets, which greatly reduces the time that
data is unavailable during the SWITCH phase. You specify a new keyword,
FASTSWITCH, which preserves the data set name and updates the catalog to
refer to the newly reorganized data set. The time savings can be quite significant
when DB2 is reorganizing hundreds of table spaces and index objects.
v Additional parallel processing improves the elapsed time of the BUILD2 phase of
REORG SHRLEVEL(CHANGE) or SHRLEVEL(REFERENCE).

More concurrency with online LOAD RESUME

In prior releases of DB2, access to data during LOAD processing was prohibited.
With Version 7 you can choose whether users have read and write access to the
data during LOAD processing. You can increase availability by loading data
concurrently with user transactions.

Changing system parameters without stopping DB2

Support online transaction processing and e-business without interruption. One of
the causes for planned outages is the need to change one or more of the
subsystem parameters, known as ZPARMS. With Version 7, you can change many
ZPARMS without stopping DB2.

Improved availability of some user objects

Version 7 gives you more flexibility to control the availability of your objects that are
associated with failed or canceled transactions. You can cancel a thread and
specify that no rollback processing is to be performed. DB2 removes some
restrictions imposed by the RESTART function and adds a NOBACKOUT option of
the CANCEL THREAD command.

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V6

Improved availability with CHECKPAGE for COPY

DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 can perform enhanced error-checking on data pages and
ensure that your backup copy is error-free. You can choose to have the COPY
utility check both data pages and index pages.

Log suspend and resume for external copy

The LOG SUSPEND command suspends update activity and logging while you
make an external copy of your production system. The LOG RESUME command
restarts update activity and logging. During the brief suspension, you can use a
fast-disk copy facility, such as Enterprise Storage Server FlashCopy or RAMAC
Virtual Array SnapShot, to make a copy.

Allow retry of log-read request

Using earlier versions of DB2 for OS/390, the DB2 subsystem terminates whenever
a log-read request fails during a must-complete operation, such as rollback.
Sometimes the condition causing the log-read failure is correctable, such as a
temporary HSM or tape subsystem problem. With Version 7, you receive ample
warning so that you can take corrective action and avoid a DB2 outage. When a
log-read failure occurs during a must-complete operation, DB2 issues a write to
operator with reply (WTOR) so that you can correct the error. You can retry the log
read, and avert a DB2 outage.

DDF suspend and resume

You can use DDF SUSPEND commands and DDF RESUME commands at a server
to temporarily suspend activity from requesters without terminating connections. By
suspending requester activity, you let data definition operations at the server
complete.

Index access for small tables

DB2 adds the ability to select index access for small tables. You provide a value on
a subsystem parameter that determines the threshold for a small table.

Data sharing enhancements

DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 improves availability for data sharing environments in
Version 7.

Restart light
A new feature of the START DB2 command allows you to choose restart light for a
DB2 member. Restart light allows a DB2 data sharing member to restart with a
minimal storage footprint, and then to terminate normally after DB2 frees retained
locks. The reduced storage requirement can make a restart for recovery possible on
a system that might not have enough resources to start and stop DB2 in the normal
mode. If you experience a system failure in a Parallel Sysplex, the automated
restart in light mode removes retained locks with minimum disruption.

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Consider using DB2 restart light with restart automation software, such as OS/390
Automatic Restart Manager.

Improvements for IMMEDWRITE bind option

A Version 6 enhancement offers you the choice to immediately write updated
group-buffer-pool dependent buffers. In Version 7, the option is reflected in the DB2
catalog and externalized on the installation panels.

Persistent structure size changes

In earlier releases of DB2, any changes you made to structure sizes using the
SETXCF START,ALTER command might have been lost when you rebuilt a
structure and recycled DB2. Now you can allow changes in structure size to persist
when you rebuild or reallocate a structure.

Duplexing support for the SCA and lock structures

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Version 1 Release 2 of z/OS provides more robust failure recovery for some data
sharing environments through support for duplexing the SCA and lock structures.
When you enable duplexing, z/OS maintains a synchronized copy of the structures
during normal operation. If a primary structure failure occurs, z/OS automatically
switches to the secondary structure.
V6

Recent enhancements for managing a data sharing environment

Several recent enhancements to Version 6 improve your ability to manage your
data sharing environment.
Faster shutdown of DB2 data sharing members: You can more easily apply
service or change system parameters. A new CASTOUT(NO) option on the -STOP
DB2 command enables a faster shutdown of DB2 data sharing members.
New global scope for IFI calls and for options of several commands: Several
recent enhancements to the Instrumentation Facility Interface (IFI) and some
commands help you manage your data sharing environment more easily. Now, data
from all the data sharing members can be available with a single call from any one
of the members.
The following commands have new options with a global scope:
v Start Trace
v Display Trace
v Stop Trace
v Display Thread
v Start Procedure
v Display Procedure
v Stop Procedure
v Start Function Specific
v Display Function Specific
v Stop Function Specific

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Outstanding performance when running DB2 on Enterprise Storage

Server
You can achieve outstanding performance for your queries, utilities, and
transactions by installing and running DB2 on IBM Enterprise Storage Server (ESS).
Using large cache, fast disks, and parallel access volumes, ESS and DB2 deliver
outstanding results for a wide variety of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 workloads. To
learn more about ESS and DB2 performance results, see IBMs Enterprise Storage
Server Web site. See Helpful Web sites on page 26 for the site address.

Easier integration of enterprise applications

Recent releases of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 deliver function that helps you to
access large data stores, to develop and to maintain client-server applications, and
call stored procedures from popular desktop tools. Version 7 enables you to more
easily integrate applications that access data in many environments.

DB2 XML Extender for OS/390 and z/OS for your e-business
DB2 XML Extender for OS/390 and z/OS is a new member of the DB2 Extender
family. You can use DB2 XML Extender to store, retrieve, and search XML
documents in a DB2 database. DB2 XML Extender for OS/390 and z/OS supplies
the data types, functions, and stored procedures to let you manage XML
documents.
You can use DB2 XML Extender for OS/390 and z/OS to:
v Store XML documents as whole documents in columns.
v Compose XML documents from a collection of data stored in multiple columns
and tables.
v Decompose an XML document back into data stored in columns and tables
based on the previously defined mapping.
An application server can send the XML documents over the Internet to other sites.
XML is the standard for data interchange for the next generation of electronic
business-to-business and business-integration solutions. Use interchange formats
that are based on XML to leverage your critical business information in DB2
databases in business-to-business solutions. When you store, retrieve, and search
XML documents in a DB2 database, you benefit from the unmatched performance,
reliability and scalability of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390. With DB2 XML Extender for
OS/390 and z/OS you can integrate Internet applications, that are based on XML
documents, with your existing DB2 database.

Storing, transmitting, and searching XML documents

DB2 XML Extender for OS/390 and z/OS supports storing XML documents in DB2
databases in two different ways:
Collections: You can store XML documents as untagged and traditional data
items in multiple columns and tables in the DB2 database. You can also create
XML documents from your existing data, as shown in Figure 5 on page 17.

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DB2

XML document
<?xml?>
<!DOCTYPE>

<Order key="1">

</Order>

Collection
Figure 5. An XML document stored as a collection of traditional data items in multiple
columns and tables in DB2

You define a mapping of the document elements to the data in the database.
You can then use DB2 XML Extenders stored procedures to compose XML
documents from data that is stored in DB2 tables, based on the previously
defined mapping. You can send the resulting XML document over the Internet,
by way of an application server, to a corresponding application server at another
site. You can also receive XML documents and decompose them into data that
is stored in the DB2 tables based on these mappings.
Columns: You can store XML documents in a DB2 database as a whole
document in a single column with a new XML data type, as shown in Figure 6.
DB2

XML document
<?xml?>
<!DOCTYPE>

<Order key="1">

</Order>
XML CLOB
Figure 6. An XML document stored in a single column of a DB2 table with a new XML data
type

You use SQL to do fast and powerful searches on XML distinct types just as you
would search other distinct types. You can automatically extract elements or
attributes into traditional SQL data types. Then you can use the sophisticated
indexing and SQL query capabilities of DB2 to search the data. In addition, DB2
Text Extender for OS/390 and z/OS supports structured documents such as XML.
You can apply the powerful text search functions in DB2 to a section or list of
sections within a set of XML documents. This can significantly improve the
effectiveness of the search.

Graphical support for XML Extender

DB2 XML Extender for OS/390 and z/OS provides a wizard to easily perform
administration tasks. The extender helps you enable your database for XML
documents, store DTDs, and map XML elements and attributes to DB2 tables and
columns.
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Unions in views
Version 7 adds support for the UNION and UNION ALL operators in a view
definition, an insert, an update, a nested table expression, or a subquery predicate.
This enhancement increases programmer productivity by allowing complex unions
in views, rather than in each cursor. It is also makes porting SQL easier.
DB2 can treat a series of tables as if the series were a single table by allowing you
to create a view using UNION and UNION ALL operators. DB2 attempts to optimize
a query that references such a view by:
v Distributing the joins, predicates, and aggregation in the query to the subselects
of UNION ALL when possible
v Avoiding materialization when possible
v Eliminating subselects if the query does not need them
The INSERT statement now supports fullselect rather than subselect and the
UPDATE statement supports row-fullselect rather than row-select.
This function improves DB2 family compatibility and complies with SQL99
standards.

More flexibility with SQL

You have more choices when using SQL and greater compatibility with DB2 on
other operating systems.

Scrollable cursors
Support for scrollable cursors lets applications use a powerful new set of SQL
statements to fetch data using a cursor at random and in forward and backward
directions. The syntax can replace cumbersome logic techniques and coding
techniques and improve performance. Scrollable cursors are especially useful for
screen-based applications. You can specify that the data in the result table remain
static or do the data updates dynamically. You can specify that the data in the result
table remain insensitive or sensitive to concurrent changes in the database. You
can also update the database if you choose to be sensitive to changes. For
example, an accounting application can require that data remain constant, while an
airline reservation system application must display the latest flight availability
information.

Self-referencing subselect on UPDATE or DELETE

In previous releases of DB2, in a searched UPDATE and DELETE statement, the
WHERE clause can not refer to the object being modified by the statement. Version
7 removes the restriction for the searched UPDATE and DELETE statements, but
not for the positioned UPDATE and DELETE statements. The search condition in
the WHERE clause can include a subquery in which the base object of both the
subquery and the searched UPDATE or DELETE statement are the same.
In Figure 7 on page 19, the application gives a 10-percent increase to each
employee whose salary is below the average salary for the job code. The base
object for both the UPDATE statement and the WHERE clause is the EMP table.
DB2 evaluates the complete subquery before performing the update.

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UPDATE EMP X SET SALARY = SALARY * 1.10

WHERE SALARY < (SELECT AVG(SALARY) FROM EMP Y
WHERE X.JOBCODE = Y.JOBCODE);

Figure 7. Updating the EMP table using a self-reference subselect.

V6

UPDATE with subselect

You can use a subselect to determine the value that is to be used in the SET
clause of an UPDATE statement. This enhancement improves DB2 family
compatibility by delivering DB2 function that is available in other environments.

FETCH FIRST n ROWS SQL clause and fast implicit close

A new SQL clause and a fast close improve performance of applications in a
distributed environment. You can use the FETCH FIRST n ROWS clause to limit the
number of rows that are prefetched and returned by the SELECT statement. You
can specify the FETCH FIRST ROW ONLY clause on a SELECT INTO statement
when the query can return more than one row in the answer set. This tells DB2 that
you are only interested in the first row, and you want DB2 to ignore the other rows.
Fast implicit close means that during a distributed query, the DB2 server
automatically closes the cursor after it prefetches the nth row if you specify FETCH
FIRST n ROWS ONLY, or when there are no more rows to return. Fast implicit
close can improve performance because it saves an additional network
transmission between the client and server.

Support for USER and USING keywords on the CONNECT

statement
For DB2 family compatibility, IBM adds support for USER and USING keywords to
the CONNECT statement. You can easily port your applications developed on the
workstation to DB2 for z/OS and OS/390. The enhancements also allow
WebSphere to reuse DB2 connections for different users and enable DB2 for z/OS
and OS/390 to check passwords.

ORDER BY expression
A new option, ORDER BY expression, lets you specify an expression with operators
as the sort key for the result table of a SELECT statement (that is, not simply a
column name or integer). The query to which ORDER BY is applied must be a
subselect to use this form of the sort key for the ORDER BY clause.

SQL scalar functions

DB2 introduces SQL scalar functions, which provide a fast and easy way to write
simple user-defined functions. You write code for an SQL scalar function when you
define it, which eliminates the need to write and prepare a host-language program.
In addition, because the source code for an SQL scalar function is stored in the
DB2 catalog, an SQL scalar function performs better than an external user-defined
function that provides the same function.

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Global transaction support for distributed applications

Distributed applications can take advantage of global transaction support.
Independent DB2 agents can share locks and access the same data. One or more
of those DB2 agents can perform update operations. Your transaction manager
must coordinate commit operations among the various DB2 agents using a
two-phase commit protocol.

Better monitoring of the distributed environment

You can use the new -DISPLAY DDF command to obtain information about the
status of DDF, for example, whether it is stopped, started, or suspended. You can
also use the DETAIL keyword to obtain information such as the maximum number
of DBATs allowed, the maximum number of connections allowed, or the number of
queued threads.

Support for loading output from a SELECT Statement

A new extension to the LOAD utility provides synergy between the power of the
LOAD utility and the connectivity function and reliability of DRDA. Now, you can
load the output of any SELECT statement directly into a table on DB2 for z/OS and
OS/390. Since the SELECT statement can access any DRDA server, the data
source can be any member of the DB2 family, DataJoiner, or any other vendor
that supports DRDA server capabilities.
This function is much simpler and easier to use than the process of unloading data,
transferring the output file to the target site, and then running the LOAD utility. Use
of this function also avoids the file size limitations on some operating systems.

LOAD

SELECT...
Local DB2,
DRDA, or
DataJoiner

Data
conversion

DB2 family
Oracle
Sybase
Informix
IMS
VSAM
SQL Server
NCR Teradata

DB2 for
z/OS and
OS/390

Figure 8. Loading tables with output from a SELECT statement

Support for Java stored procedures

DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 now handles stored procedures that are written in the
Java programming language. You can write Java stored procedures that contain
either static SQL (by using SQLJ) or dynamic SQL (by using JDBC). Alternatively,
you can use the DB2 Stored Procedure Builder (an element of the DB2
Management Clients Package) to build Java stored procedures. Java stored

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procedures that run on DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 can also run on other operating
systems and platforms, including those of other database vendors, without being
recompiled or modified.
Version 6 of DB2 for OS/390 runs compiled Java stored procedures under Visual
Age for Java. Version 7 of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 processes interpreted Java
stored procedures that run in a Java virtual machine.
V6

Stored procedures that are written entirely in SQL

With SQL procedures, you can now write stored procedures that consist entirely of
SQL statements. An SQL procedure can include declarations of variables,
conditions, cursors, and handlers. The SQL procedure can also include flow control,
assignment statements, and traditional SQL for defining and manipulating relational
data. These extensions provide a procedural language for writing stored
procedures, and they are consistent with the Persistent Stored Modules portion of
the SQL standard. You can use DB2 Stored Procedure Builder to build SQL stored
procedures. For more information about DB2 Stored Procedure Builder, see
Building DB2 stored procedures from your workstation on page 36.

ODBC 3.0 support

DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 provides ODBC 3.0. support for many ODBC 3.0 APIs.
With this added function, DB2s ODBC support aligns more closely with industry
standards, enhances DB2 family compatibility, and increases application portability.

Savepoints
Your application can set a savepoint within a transaction. Application logic can undo
the data and schema changes that were made since the application set the
savepoint without affecting the overall outcome of the transaction. Using savepoints
makes coding applications more efficient. You no longer need to include
contingency and what-if logic in your applications.

Support for defining identity columns

An identity column in a table has an attribute that enables DB2 to automatically
generate a unique numeric value for each row that is inserted into the table. Identity
columns are ideal for generating unique primary key values. Applications that use
identity columns might be able to avoid concurrency and performance problems that
sometimes occur when applications implement their own unique counters.

Ability to define declared temporary tables

Declared temporary tables complement the existing created temporary tables that
are available in Version 5 of DB2 for OS/390. Declared temporary tables do not
have descriptions in the catalog tables. The tables support indexes, UPDATE
statements, and DELETE statements. You can implicitly define the columns and use
the result table from a SELECT.

SQL support for REXX

With the REXX-support enhancement, application programmers can issue SQL
statements from REXX programs. The SQL statements can be anywhere a REXX
command can be. Programmers can also write DB2 stored procedures in REXX.
The SQL interface to REXX supports almost all SQL statements that DB2 for z/OS
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and OS/390 supports. REXX applications can be executed in all REXX

environments, including UNIX System Services.

New Precompiler Services

In DB2 Version 7 compiler writers can modify their compilers to invoke the new
component, Precompiler Services, to produce an SQL statement coprocessor. An
SQL statement coprocessor performs the same functions as the DB2 precompiler,
but it performs those functions at compile time. If your compiler has an SQL
statement coprocessor, you can eliminate the precompile step in your batch
program preparation jobs.
Using an SQL statement coprocessor has several advantages over using the DB2
precompiler. The SQL statement coprocessor:
v Removes restrictions on DB2 host variables
v Makes debugging a program easier
v Removes special restrictions on the format of the source file (other than the
restrictions of the compiler)
IBM COBOL for OS/390 & VM Version 2 Release 2 has an SQL statement
coprocessor that is called the COBOL DB2 coprocessor. The DB2 precompiler has
some restrictions that the COBOL DB2 coprocessor does not have. When you
process SQL statements with the COBOL DB2 coprocessor, your program can
include:
v Fully-qualified names for structured host variables
v SQL statements at any level of a nested COBOL program, instead of in the
top-level source file only
v Nested SQL INCLUDE statements
v COBOL REPLACE statements to replace text strings in SQL statements
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IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS & OS/390 Version 3 Release 2 and the SQL
statement coprocessor support:
v The NATIONAL data type that is used for declaring Unicode values in the
UTF-16 format

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You can use the NATIONAL data type and the CODEPAGE compiler option to
control the CCSID of the character host variables in your application.

v The COBOL CODEPAGE compiler option that is used to specify the default
EBCDIC CCSID of character data types

Using the host language compiler that supports Precompiler Services enhances
DB2 family compatibility. You can more easily import applications from other
database management systems and from other operating environments into DB2 for
z/OS and OS/390.

Unicode support for international data stores and e-business

Multinational companies that engage in international trade often store data from
more than one country. Some countries use different coded character set identifiers.
Previous releases of DB2 have offered support for numerous code sets of data in
either ASCII or EBCDIC format. However, there was a limitation of one code set per
system.

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Version 7 of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 delivers support for Unicode encoded data.
The encoding scheme can represent the code points of many different geographies
and languages. You can easily store multilingual data within the same table or on
the same DB2 subsystem.

Enhanced DB2 Extender for text objects

DB2 for OS/390 Version 6 introduced DB2 Extenders. Using DB2 Extenders, you
can store and manipulate image, audio, video, and text objects. With DB2 Version
7, you can install and begin using the extender for text objects more quickly. If you
install DB2 on Version 2 Release 8 of OS/390, which has an integrated search
capability for text objects, you need not download the text extenders package from
the Web. DB2 improves documentation to include better guidance through the
installation steps for the extender. Performance is improved, and you have more
choices to customize the extender.

Enhanced business partnerships with independent software

developers
In todays competitive business environment, organizations must build on a solid
database foundation to deploy enterprise applications. You need applications that
can evolve to meet the changing needs of your business. You can develop these
applications yourself, or you can purchase and implement applications from a
variety of software companies. If your enterprise data is in DB2, however, you want
these applications to take advantage of the scalability, reliability, and
industrial-strength performance of DB2.
Working closely with IBM, the leading software developers create enterprise
solutions that are designed to leverage the reliability and industrial-strength
performance of DB2. Several software developers (such as Baan, SAP, Siebel
Systems, PeopleSoft,Tivoli, Vantive, MicroStrategy, and Forte) work closely with
the IBM DB2 development team to identify new functions and capabilities for DB2
users. IBM works with these independent software development companies to
understand the technical requirements of their applications. Many of the functions
described in this book are the result of these partnerships, including Unicode
support, utility lists with pattern matching and dynamic allocation, and UNION IN
VIEW.

Improvements in connectivity
IBM improves e-business connectivity with new levels of support for both ODBC
and JDBC, the ability to perform commit and rollback function in a stored
procedure, Kerberos security for your clients, and the server elapsed time reporting.

Support for COMMIT and ROLLBACK in stored procedures

Earlier releases of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 do not allow a COMMIT or a
ROLLBACK from within a stored procedure. Version 7 removes that restriction in
many cases. DB2 commits or rolls back the whole unit of work, including
uncommitted changes that are made from the calling application, before the stored
procedure call.

Support for Windows Kerberos security

You can more easily manage your workstation clients who seek access to data and
services from heterogeneous environments. DB2 support for Kerberos
authentication:
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v Eliminates the flow of unencrypted user IDs and passwords across the network.
v Enables single-logon capability for DRDA clients by using the Kerberos principle
name as the global identity for the end user.
v Simplifies security administration by using the Kerberos principle name for
connection processing and by automatically mapping the name to the local user
ID.
v Uses the Resource Access Control Facility (RACF) product to perform much of
the Kerberos configuration. RACF is a familiar environment to administrators of
OS/390.
v Eliminates the need to manage authentication in two places, the RACF database,
and a separate Kerberos registry.

Reporting server elapsed time at the workstation

Workstations accessing DB2 data can now request that DB2 return the elapsed
time of the server, which is used to process a request in reply from the DB2
subsystem. The server elapsed time allows remote clients to quickly determine the
amount of time it takes for DB2 to process a request. The server elapsed time does
not include network delay time. As a result, workstation clients can determine, in
real time, the performance bottlenecks among the client, the network, and DB2.
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DB2 MQSeries functions

DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 Version 7 adds support for user-defined functions that
you can use to perform MQSeries tasks. MQSeries is the core of the WebSphere
MQSeries product family. It is a flexible messaging system that lets applications
communicate in a distributed environment. The DB2 MQSeries user-defined
functions let you easily integrate MQSeries messaging with database applications.
You can use the DB2 MQSeries functions to send messages to a message queue
or to receive messages from the message queue. In addition, you can send a
request to a message queue and receive a response.

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New packaging for DB2 utilities

DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 Version 7 delivers utilities in various packages. Core
utilities are included with DB2. Other utilities are available in three separate
products. The core utilities include:
v CATMAINT
v DIAGNOSE
v LISTDEF
v OPTIONS
v QUIESCE
v REPAIR
v REPORT
v TEMPLATE
v All standalone utilities
The DB2 utility products are:
v DB2 Diagnostic and Recovery Utilities (5655-E62)
CHECK DATA
CHECK INDEX
CHECK LOB
COPY
COPYTOCOPY
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 MODIFY STATISTICS
REBUILD INDEX
RECOVER
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COPY
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LOAD
REBUILD INDEX
RECOVER
REORG INDEX
REORG TABLESPACE
RUNSTATS
STOSPACE
UNLOAD
v DB2 Utilities Suite (5697-E98)
CHECK DATA
CHECK INDEX
CHECK LOB
COPY
COPYTOCOPY
EXEC SQL
LOAD
MERGECOPY
MODIFY RECOVERY
MODIFY STATISTICS
REBUILD INDEX
RECOVER
REORG INDEX
REORG TABLESPACE
RUNSTATS
STOSPACE
UNLOAD
All DB2 utilities operate on catalog, directory and sample objects and require no
additional products.

Support for Migration to Version 7 of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 from
Version 5 or Version 6
Version 7 of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 supports migration from DB2 for OS/390
Version 5 or DB2 for OS/390 Version 6. To plan for your migration, consult the
following publications:
v DB2 Release Planning Guide for prerequisites of the product
v DB2 Installation Guide for migration considerations
Both publications are available in BookManager and PDF formats on the Web at
the following location:
v ibm.com/software/db2os390/library.html

Information to help you use DB2

IBM delivers some new information for DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 users and
frequently updates the DB2 Web sites for easy reference.

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New books about DB2 for z/OS and OS/390

The DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 Version 7 library is designed to help your perform
the various tasks associated with a database management system. The library
includes two new books:
An Introduction to DB2 for OS/390
This book helps new users learn about DB2 very quickly. This book:
Provides a comprehensive overview of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390.
Explains basic concepts associated with relational database management
systems.
Gives new users what they need to know before they begin using the current
version of the product.
DB2 XML Extender for OS/390 and z/OS Administration and Programming
Database administrators, system programmers, XML developers, and document
application developers are the audience for this book. They can obtain guidance
for developing, deploying, and managing databases and database applications
that store XML documents from traditional data.
This book describes how to use and manage the DB2 XML Extender for OS/390
and z/OS and includes the following topics:
How to choose a methodology for storing and accessing XML documents
How to prepare a database server, tables, and columns for DB2 XML
Extender for OS/390 and z/OS for either column storage or collection storage
How to create and use text indexes
How to use DB2 XML Extender for OS/390 and z/OS user-defined types,
user-defined functions, and stored procedures
You can order publications for DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 Version 7 when the
product becomes generally available. IBM provides books on CD-ROM in
BookManager format for online viewing and the Portable Document Format (PDF)
for online viewing and printing. IBM also installs both formats of the books on the
DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 Web site.
IBM optimizes the PDF files so you can easily retrieve information online. Use the
handy table of contents, which is always visible in a frame, to navigate to
information that you require. Print just a few pages of the book when you need the
information, or print the entire book for desk reference. IBM periodically refreshes
information on CD-ROM and the Web site.

DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 on the Web

The DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 Web site delivers the latest news about DB2 for
z/OS and OS/390, hints and tips for using the product, some software that you can
download, and links to many related sites. The site has many DB2 for z/OS and
OS/390 books in PDF and BookManager formats that you can download without
paying a fee to IBM.

Helpful Web sites

For more information about some of the topics discussed in this book, go to the
following Web sites.

DB2 family
DB2 Universal Database for OS/390 and z/OS
ibm.com/software/db2os390

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DB2 Universal Database for UNIX, Windows, OS/2

ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb
DB2 Universal Database for AS/400
ibm.com/as400/db2
DB2 Server for VSE and VM
ibm.com/software/data/db2/vse-vm
Data Management Tools
ibm.com/software/data/db2imstools/
DB2 for OS/390 and z/OS performance on Enterprise Storage Servers
ibm.com/software/db2os390/pdf/db2ess.pdf
Case studies of successful e-business implementations using DB2
ibm.com/software/casestudies
ibm.com/software/data/db2/os390/casestudies
DB2 family software partners
ibm.com/software/data/partners
ibm.com/solutions/businessintelligence/partners/index.htm
DB2 Magazine
db2mag.com

Other references
Application development
ibm.com/software/ad
Business intelligence and data warehouse
ibm.com/solutions/bi
Database and data management
ibm.com/software/data
DeveloperWorks
ibm.com/developer
e-business
ibm.com/ebusiness
Enterprise Storage Servers
ibm.com/storage
IBM Redbooks
ibm.com/redbooks
Java technology
ibm.com/java
Subscription service for announcements about IBM products
ibm.com/isource
XML for developers
ibm.com/XML

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Chapter 3. Managing your Enterprise

Version 7 of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 offers several features that help you
integrate, analyze, summarize, and share data across your enterprise. IBM adds a
new extender for searching your Web applications and a new feature for building a
data warehouse. IBM has strengthened its focus on data management tools. The
following sections describe the features and tools:
Reporting and governing your enterprise using QMF
Managing your enterprise with the DB2 Management Clients Package on
page 32
Web-ready applications on page 40
Integrating and analyzing your business information using the DB2 Warehouse
Manager on page 42
Data Management Tools for your database on page 44

Reporting and governing your enterprise using QMF

Query Management Facility (QMF) is the tightly integrated, powerful, and reliable
tool for query and reporting within IBMs DB2 family. QMF provides new capabilities
that improve user productivity and enhance functionality. With QMF, you can work
with any DB2 data from DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 to DB2 for VSE and VM, to DB2
for AS/400 to DB2 on workstation servers that run OS/2, Windows NT, AIX and
other UNIX operating systems. QMF supports DB2 on large parallel processors.
When coupled with DB2 DataJoiner, QMF allows access to nonrelational and other
vendor data sources.
QMF is a family of integrated tools that offers a total solution for your enterprise
query and reporting needs. With these tools, you can access large amounts of data,
share central repositories of queries and reports, and publish reports to the Web for
viewing with a browser. You can also allow a broader set of users to access QMF,
knowing that your applications are secure.

QMF Version 7
QMF for OS/390 enables your users to issue queries on OS/390. QMF Version 7
enhancements include support for the following functions:
v New default edit codes for current DB2 date (DD) and time (TT) formats in date
columns and time columns
v Direct navigation to the QMF HOME panel with the SHOW command
v Comprehensive defaults for object types in many commands, including:
CONVERT
EDIT
EXPORT
PRINT
RESET
RUN
SAVE
v Functions that are easier to use with prompting for commands and defaults that
are preloaded in prompts so users do less typing
v Extended text option in the MSG command, eliminating the need to add double
quotation marks when the text of a message has single quotes
v Two DB2 data types: ROWID and limited LOB support

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v Remote-unit-of-work application request in DB2 for VSE using Customer

Information Control System (CICS)
v Server support for DB2 for AS/400 Version 4 Release 4 or later releases
v Installation improvements so that you can use one QMF install base that you
bind on other platforms

QMF High Performance Option

QMF HPO provides a set of integrated tools for performance management within
the QMF environment and facilitates the administration of QMF. QMF HPO includes
the QMF HPO/Manager and the QMF HPO/Compiler. QMF HPO/Manager consists
of a group of facilities that improve governing and object management capabilities.
The program includes a preemptive governor to analyze QMF queries. The
governing capabilities enable you to establish controls that protect production
applications while delivering on-demand information. QMF HPO/Manager provides:
v Scheduling for different user groups by time of day and day of week
v Control over resource consumption, including by numbers of rows and bytes
fetched
v The ability to allow and disallow SQL verbs and QMF commands
v Extensive object tracking to gain knowledge about your QMF environment so you
can train users and improve performance
QMF HPO/Compiler automatically converts queries and reports into efficient
programs in COBOL. The converted programs use static SQL in place of dynamic
SQL, which reduces processor usage, DB2 catalog contention, DB2 optimizer
overhead, and security concerns.
Version 7 of QMF HPO includes the following enhancements:
v Improved tracking of QMF objects to support very large numbers of QMF users
simultaneously
v Preemptive governing to guard QMF workloads from runaway, adhoc queries
v Preemptive governing of QMF batch processes using QMF HPO/Manager
v Ability to bind programs that are generated by QMF HPO Compiler into
packages, in addition to or instead of, plans

QMF for Windows

For customers with DB2 databases of many sizes, QMF for Windows provides a
query tool with standard Windows capabilities. QMF for Windows delivers several
benefits in one package, which includes an intuitive quick-start user interface. You
can automate tasks and develop powerful native Windows applications. QMF for
Windows provides the following features:
v A full-window table editor that you can use to update DB2 data
v Centralized control over resource use
v Web publishing capabilities and Java-based query and Web publishing
capabilities
v A powerful WinSock application programming interface (API) to automate
database query, update, and report distribution tasks
QMF for Windows is based on Distributed Relational Database Architecture
(DRDA). QMF for Windows provides access to DB2 database servers on all
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Interface (CLI), as Figure 9 shows. To provide this access, QMF uses direct DRDA
connectivity without database gateways, middleware, or Open Database
Connectivity (ODBC) drivers.
Enhancements to QMF for Windows Version 7 include:
v An improved user interface:
QMF for Windows provides a point-and-click and a drag-and-drop interface to
QMF Form creation.
You can automatically populate a QMF Form definition by using aggregation,
grouping, and formatting.
You can convert the resulting display options to QMF form definitions.
You can more intuitively navigate and locate QMF objects with a
Windows-style tree control.
You can create job schedules by calendar, time of day, and more from within
QMF for Windows.
Java servlet support enables you to perform a Java-based query from a
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 When you invoke the QMF for Windows Table Editor, you can use the DB2
Forms option if you have it installed.
More command icons are available so that you can customize the toolbar.
QMF for Windows can remember DB2 passwords when that are used in the
Windows NT environment.
You can sort query results on more than one noncontiguous column and in
day-of-week or month-of-year order.
The Visual Warehouse object library now integrates QMF for Windows objects
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v Enhanced database connectivity for distributed applications:
Support for stored procedures that return multiple result sets by using the CLI
interface
Large object support
Enhanced support for DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 data sharing
Display of CLI-specific information when a CLI connection to the server exists
New trace options include CLI, TCP/IP, embedded SQL, SQLAM, REXX,
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Support for all types of QMF for OS/390 procedures, including procedures
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v Several new QMF commands:
Form conditions and form column definitions
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PF keys that are defined to match QMF for OS/390
v A user interface with national language support for:
19 language translations, which in Version 7 include Belgian French,
Canadian French, Swiss French, Swiss Italian, Arabic, and Traditional Chinese
Unicode

Managing your enterprise with the DB2 Management Clients Package

The DB2 Management Clients Package is a no-charge feature of DB2 for z/OS and
OS/390 Version 7. The Management Clients Package is a collection of
workstation-based tools that you can use to work with and manage your DB2 for
z/OS and OS/390 environment. The elements of the DB2 Management Clients
Package are:
v DB2 Control Center
v DB2 Stored Procedure Builder
v DB2 Installer
v DB2 Visual Explain
v DB2 Estimator

Managing DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 from your workstation with Control
Center
The IBM DB2 Universal Database Control Center is a graphical interface that is
designed to help you manage DB2 databases on different operating systems. The
Control Center can run either as a Java application or as an application on your
Web server that your Web browser can access.

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With the Control Center for DB2 for z/OS and OS/390, you can manage DB2 for
OS/390 Version 5, Version 6, and Version 7 objects. These objects display on the
Control Center main window, along with DB2 Universal Database objects. See
Figure 10. Using the Control Center, you can create, alter, and drop objects. You
can also run utilities that reorganize or load your data in your existing DB2 for z/OS
and OS/390 databases.
The Control Center for DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 enhances the usability and
administration of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 objects from the workstation. In Version
7, IBM significantly improves the usability of the DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 utilities.

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of many of the existing DB2 for zOS
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Creating, managing, and running
utilities on database objects is now
as simple as point and click.

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can define collections
of objects (for
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Figure 10. A DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 subsystem and its objects as displayed in the main
navigation window of Control Center

Managing DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 data sets from the Control
Center
You can now retrieve a list of data sets that reside on an OS/390 system from the
Control Center. The interface to the Multiple Virtual Storage (MVS) file system
allows you to work with four types of data sets: A physical sequential data set, a
partitioned data set, a partitioned data set extended, or a generation data group.
Depending on the data set type, you can rename, delete, or display members of the
data set through the Control Center.

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Restarting DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 utilities from the Control
Center
You can now restart utilities that were originally started from the Control Center. You
can execute restart from the last committed point or from the last committed phase.
You can define a custom utility identifier from the Control Center, and associate the
identifier with any utilities as they run. Customized utility identifiers help you find the
utilities that you started among others that are running on the system.

Generating data definitions

You can use the DB2 Administration Tool with Control Center to extract object
definitions from the DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 catalog tables. You use the
definitions to recreate databases, table spaces, tables, procedures, schemas (for
granting privileges), user-defined functions, and distinct types. This feature is useful
for creating a copy of a particular object before making changes to it when fallback
might be necessary. You can also use this feature to move or copy an object and its
environment to another subsystem. For example, you can copy the table space
object, including all its objects, such as tables, indexes, and aliases that are
associated with that object, to another subsystem.

Object lists and utility procedures

In the Version 7 Control Center, you can define collections of objects, called object
lists. These object lists are combinations of one or more table spaces or index
spaces that you can easily generate using pattern-matching characters. With a
single command, you can run utilities (like COPY, CONCURRENT COPY,
QUIESCE, and REORGANIZE) on every object in the list. By creating a utility
procedure, you can define a sequence of object lists or utility combinations that you
can run with a single command.

Data set templates

You no longer need to specify a data set name, a data set device, and data set
space allocation for each utility. Now you can use data set templates to dynamically
allocate data sets that DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 utilities use. Use data set
templates to automatically generate the data set naming conventions, the data set
parameters, and the media allocation parameters. The default data set templates
available with DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 is shown in Figure 11 on page 35.

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These are the utilities

currently supported by
Data set templates.

Users can select from sample

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In addition to providing standardization, data set templates allow DB2 to calculate

the size of output data sets and work data sets. The use of data set templates can
reduce utility failures that occur because of miscalculations. In the Control Center,
you can associate each utility with default data set templates. You do not need a
data set entry when you create utility commands. The initial installation of the DB2
for z/OS and OS/390 enablement for the Control Center includes several templates.
With the default table for the data set templates, you can map the data sets that
each utility needs to the default data set templates. The Control Center uses the
default table each time you display the utility window. See Figure 11 which depicts,
the window in the Control Center listing the sample default templates that are
installed with DB2 for z/OS and OS/390. Edit these templates to reflect the
conventions that your production subsystem uses.

Information Center
The Control Center includes an Information Center for quick access to DB2 family
product information, including:
v Database tasks
v Reference material
v DB2 documentation
v Warehouse administration information
v Troubleshooting aids
v Sample programs for application development on workstations
v DB2 Web-related links
You can use the Information Center to link to current DB2 for z/OS and OS/390
publications in Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Web. You can download
the publications to your local server and update the Information Center links to
access DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 books directly from your intranet.

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Building DB2 stored procedures from your workstation

The IBM DB2 Stored Procedure Builder, an element of the DB2 Management
Clients Package, provides an easy-to-use development environment for creating,
installing, and testing stored procedures. With the DB2 Stored Procedure Builder,
you can focus on creating your stored procedure logic rather than on the details of
registering, building, and installing stored procedures on a DB2 server. The DB2
Stored Procedure Builder provides a single development environment that supports
the entire DB2 family ranging from the workstation to System/390. Figure 12 depicts
the flexibility that is provided by the tool for building and using stored procedures.
For example, you can develop stored procedures using IBM Visual Basic,
Microsoft Visual Basic, or Microsoft Visual Studio.
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Figure 12. Using DB2 Stored Procedure Builder

With the DB2 Stored Procedure Builder, you can develop stored procedures on one
operating system and deploy them on other server operating systems. The DB2
Stored Procedure Builder supports two commonly used languages for stored
procedures: SQL procedures language and Java.
The DB2 Stored Procedure Builder has a graphical user interface that guides you
through tasks with the help of basic design patterns, SQL assistants, and costing
information. Use the DB2 Stored Procedure Builder to perform a variety of tasks
that are associated with stored procedures, such as:
v Viewing existing stored procedures
v Modifying existing stored procedures
v Creating new stored procedures
v Running existing stored procedures
v The copying and pasting of stored procedures across connections
v Building stored procedures on target databases in a single step
v Customizing the settings to enable remote debugging of installed stored
procedures
The DB2 Stored Procedure Builder requires DB2 Connect. The DB2 Management
Clients Package provides a restricted-use copy of DB2 Connect Version 7 to satisfy
this functional dependency.

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Installing DB2 from a workstation

DB2 Installer is a workstation client that is delivered as an element of the DB2
Management Clients Package. DB2 Installer enhances your productivity whether
you are installing DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 for the first time or you are an
experienced installer. From your workstation, using a graphical user interface shown
in Figure 13, you can perform the following tasks:
v Install, migrate, or update DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 from a graphical interface.
The graphical interface illustrates the overall installation process and keeps a
graphical record of how you defined each subsystem, as shown; see Figure 13.
v Customize your DB2 subsystem as much as you need to. You can define a basic
subsystem quickly, or you can customize every installation option. The main
windows display the parameters that you must specify, and secondary windows
display the advanced options.
v Easily control DB2 parameters and run SMP/E, installation, migration, update,
fallback, and sample jobs if you have a TCP/IP connection to the DB2 Universal
Database Server for z/OS and OS/390. You receive job status dynamically, and
you can edit JCL and examine job output from the workstation.
v Install optional features of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390, including DB2 Performance
Monitor and DB2 DataPropagator.

Figure 13. DB2 Installer

Enhancements for Version 7 of DB2 Installer include:

v The ability to use an IBM-supplied stored procedure to download subsystem
parameters from your operational DB2 subsystem. You can use the subsystem
parameters to migrate or update your subsytem.
v Improved usability of several DB2 Installer windows, including the File Dialog
windows, the Before You Begin window, and the Welcome window.
v Support for Windows 95, Windows NT, and Windows 2000.

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Using workstation views of DB2 Explain output

DB2 Visual Explain is a workstation client that is an element of the DB2
Management Clients Package. DB2 Visual Explain is an easy-to-use workstation
tool that presents the output from DB2 EXPLAIN and dynamic EXPLAIN in a
graphical format. Relationships between database objects, such as tables and
indexes, are instantly clear as are various operations, such as table space scans
and sorts. DB2 Visual Explain also includes a browser for viewing DB2 subsystem
parameters. Figure 14 displays a graph of an access path.

Figure 14. A graph of an access path, displayed by DB2 Visual Explain

If you are using the Control Center, you can start Visual Explain directly from the
Control Center.
Use Visual Explain to perform management tasks for DB2 for z/OS and OS/390:
v View statement costs in milliseconds and service units. The graph of the access
path includes the DB2 estimated cost. You can include the cost when viewing
explainable statements. Then you can either sort your statements by cost or filter
out statements that are based on their costs.
v Filter explainable SQL statements from multiple plans and packages. You can list
explainable statements from many plans and packages and then filter them by
criteria that you specify. The criteria include statement cost, access path steps
(such as table space scans and sorts and either tables or indexes that your SQL
statements reference. You can save filter criteria specifications for later use or
modification.
v Quickly generate customized reports. The Visual Explain report wizard helps you
create customized reports on one or more explainable statements. You choose

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how detailed a report you want. The report can include the statement cost, a
description of the access path, and catalog statistics on the indexes and tables.
You can print the report or save it as a text file.
v Specify your own qualifier for catalog tables. You can avoid contention against
your DB2 catalog for Visual Explain queries by first copying the catalog tables.
Then you can specify your own qualifier to access the copied catalog tables
when Visual Explain retrieves DB2 catalog information.
DB2 Visual Explain saves statistics history for comparison with new variations that
you enter so that you can improve your access paths.

Estimating DB2 performance with DB2 Estimator

DB2 Estimator is an easy-to-use, standalone tool for estimating the performance of
applications for DB2 for z/OS and OS/390. DB2 Estimator is an element of the DB2
Management Clients Package. Run it on your desktop personal computer, or take it
with you on your laptop computer.
With DB2 Estimator, you can model a partial DB2 application or a complete real or
planned DB2 application without requiring an actual DB2 system. By providing
simple table sizings to a detailed performance analysis of an entire DB2 application,
DB2 Estimator saves time, lowers costs, and reduces risk. You can use DB2
Estimator to investigate the impact to your production system of new or modified
applications before you implement them. You can do what-if analysis to assess the
impact of changes you are considering. Answer many questions, such as:
v What is the impact on your system if the transaction volume doubles?
v What is the impact if your databases increase in size?
v What is the effect on response time if you use a faster processor?
v Is your batch window large enough for your utilities?
v How much storage do I need for the new table and its indexes?
Use DB2 Estimator during all life-cycle phases of a DB2 application. During the
initial design phase, you can easily:
v Determine whether your design is optimal and feasible
v Investigate alternative database designs
v Assess the impact of using triggers and different ways of structuring queries and
transactions
v Eliminate problems early in the design phase
When creating database objects, use the models that you specified in DB2
Estimator as a guide for naming columns and for specifying attribute values. You
can model your system using actual DB2 information by importing information from
the DB2 catalog and, if available, from DB2 EXPLAIN or the DB2 Performance
Monitor (DB2 PM).
When your application is in production, use DB2 Estimator with tools such as DB2
PM to solve application performance problems. You can evaluate alternative SQL
designs, without any risk to your production environment, before you change any
production database objects. DB2 Estimator also helps you determine the impact of
changes to hardware or workload.
You can use DB2 Estimator for Versions 5, 6, and 7 of DB2 for z/OS and OS/390. It
runs in any environment that supports Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, or
Windows NT. Use DB2 Estimator on any data that you imported from your DB2 for
z/OS and OS/390 subsystems. Model an application even when none of the tables,
SQL statements, transactions, or configurations exist.

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Version 7 of DB2 Estimator adds support for scrollable cursors, FETCH FIRST n
ROWS, and statistics history.

Web-ready applications
Designed for use with the Web, DB2 supports all the key Internet standards. Built-in
Java support, an Extensible Markup Language (XML) Extender, search capability,
and a Web server make it easy to deploy e-business applications. Net Search
Extender is a new feature and Net.Data for OS/390 is enhanced for Version 7 of
DB2 for z/OS and OS/390.

Text search capability for the Internet with Net Search Extender
Net Search Extender delivers the latest in high-speed search technology. Use its
powerful search to provide rapid query responses for your e-business applications.
Net Search Extender combines in-memory database technology with text search
technology. This new extender is ideal for your e-commerce and Web self-service
applications. Net Search Extender searches text data contained in DB2 and can
handle the heavy text search demands of large, text-intensive Web sites. It rapidly
searches data without locking database tables and delivers excellent query
performance and scalability.

Functions available in Net Search Extender

Net Search Extender delivers the following capabilities:
Indexing
At index creation time, you can use a command line interface to create your
search indexes in main memory. Flexible index options permit the use of
the same text column in one or more indexes. Net Search indexing
proceeds without placing locks on the text data.
Searching
You invoke text searches via a stored procedure interface on your server.
The powerful search algorithms permit searching by word, phrase, stem, or
by fuzzy search. Tags define limited sections of the text document to restrict
the range of the search. You can combine conditions for the search
argument, using Boolean expression and wildcard operations.
Manageable search results
You specify sort definitions for the search results during index creation. Use
result subsets and limits on search terms for your search to manage search
performance where large data volumes might be involved. Cursor
positioning permits you to navigate through the result set.
In-memory technology
At index creation time, you specify the parts of the table that you want to
store in main memory, such as the table columns that you want to sort for a
text index. For example, you could presort a text index on a book abstract
column by the value in the price column.
Here is a hypothetical example of how Net Search Extender can perform these
functions. A customer accesses an online bookstore on the Web that has
information about their merchandise in a DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 database. The
customer requests a list of all books about relational database. The DB2 application
responds with a list that is ordered by price and includes the name of the author.
Net Search Extender completes the transaction as shown in Figure 15 on page 41.
v The Web site customer enters their query into the order application
v The application does a stored procedure call to the database

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v Net Search issues the text query relational databases against the text indexes,
saving time and locks by not searching through standard SQL query
v The search engine preserves the order specified during index creation in the
result list
v Net Search Extender returns corresponding results from the main memory table,
listing the lowest priced books first

Internet/Intranet

Application
Stored procedure
call

End user

DB2 client
DB2 server

NSE stored procedure

User
tables
NSE
meta data

Text
search
engine

Text
indexes

In memory
database tables

Figure 15. Searching a Web site using Net Search Extender

Using Net Search Extender

The powerful technology of Net Search Extender complements the search function
in Text Extender. Net Search Extender provides a single stored procedure for
searching large amounts of text. The stored procedure lets you use DB2 interfaces
between your application and the DB2 server. However, you cannot combine your
text search with a parametric search, as in a standard SQL query.
DB2 Text Extender provides text search function that is fully integrated into SQL.
You can imbed these functions inside a standard SQL statement, such as inside the
built-in SQL functions LENGTH and CONCAT. You can perform linguistic, proximity
searches. For example, you can search for a sentence that includes both the word
big and the word small. Use Text Extender with your XML documents, for thesaurus
support, and to perform integrated multimedia searches, such as searching images.
Net Search is ideal for searching Web sites that are text-intensive and that receive
a high level of concurrent queries. You can use the stored procedure in Net Search
Extender with any Net.Data, Java, or DB2 CLI client application.

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Net.Data for secure Web applications

Net.Data takes advantage of the System/390 capabilities as a premier platform for
electronic commerce and Internet technology. Net.Data Web applications provide
continuous application availability, scalability, security, and high performance. Using
Net.Data for OS/390 for Web-based applications in the enterprise, you can:
Publish interactive data and provide universal access to dynamic data
Web applications need access to the key data in the enterprise. Net.Data
provides dynamic access to DB2 family data, DRDA-enabled data sources, and
HFS (hierarchical file system) flat-file data.
Benefit from high-performance Web-enabled data applications
Net.Data on OS/390 benefits from the proximity of Web applications to the DB2
data source. Net.Data eliminates the need to transfer large volumes of data over
a network to a workstation server. Net.Data applications can call DB2 stored
procedures to take advantage of DB2 performance and to reduce network traffic.
Rely on System/390 availability, scalability, and security
Net.Data relies on the strength of the System/390 platform as a highly available,
scalable network server. Net.Data works with DB2 and IBMs HTTP Server for
secure Web applications.
Use the robust application development function
Net.Data provides a powerful macro capability for robust Web application
development. The Net.Data application can call DB2 stored procedures, as well
as scripts and programs that are written in Perl, REXX, and C/C++. The
application can also call Java applets and JavaScripts. Net.Data also provides
an ODBC interface for DB2.
Net.Data Version 7 offers all of the capability of previous releases of Net.Data and
much more, including many new features and performance, scalability, tracing, and
service enhancements. Using Version 7, you can :
v Use Net.Data as a FastCGI application
v Use Support for Web page caching as well as the manual management of LOBs
and cached Web pages when Net.Data is configured for CGI
v Upload files to the server
v
v
v
v

Generate XML compliant documents using the new XMLBlock

Call SQL functions from the REPORT and ROW blocks of other SQL functions
Use a new language environment for running COBOL applications
Use several new Net.Data built-in functions

v Write user-specified messages to the Net.Data error log and the Net.Data trace
log through built-in functions and user-written Language Environments

Integrating and analyzing your business information using the DB2

Warehouse Manager
The DB2 Warehouse Manager brings together the tools to build, manage, govern,
and access DB2 for z/OS and OS/390-based data warehouses. The DB2
Warehouse Manager uses proven technologies with new enhancements that are not
available in previous releases. The DB2 Warehouse Manager delivers tightly
integrated components that enable you to do the following tasks:
v Simplify prototyping, development, and deployment of your warehouse
v Help your users find, understand, and access information

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v Give you more flexibility in the tools and techniques you use to build, manage,
and access the warehouse
v Meet the most common reporting needs for enterprises of any size
The DB2 Warehouse Manager for OS/390 provides the following components:
v A restricted license for Version 7 of DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Edition,
which delivers the database warehouse management infrastructure and OLAP
Starter Kit. This infrastructure replaces Visual Warehouse with enhancements
that include:
The Data Warehouse Center, as shown in Figure 16 on page 44, a new
graphical interface that is integrated with the DB2 Control Center. The Data
Warehouse Center which provides the administration for building and
managing data warehouses. New features include:
- A navigator window to display and browse warehouse objects
- A schema modeler that visualizes table relationships
- The ability to extend the environment with user-written stored procedures or
user-defined functions
- A process modeler that provides a canvas and palette for defining
warehouse steps and control flow between them
- Integration with the DB2 OLAP Integration Server
- Integration with DB2 DataPropagator to define subscriptions for warehouse
population
- An integrated tutorial for fast learning
A warehouse manager, which runs on Microsoft Windows NT and controls all
the operations that are defined through the Data Warehouse Center.
A warehouse agent for Windows NT, which executes local operations on
behalf of the components of the DB2 Warehouse Manager.
The OLAP Starter Kit, which is a limited user license for DB2 OLAP Server
Integration Server for building and deploying OLAP applications.

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Figure 16. DB2 Data Warehouse Center

v Warehouse agents for OS/390, UNIX, AS/400, and Windows NT which execute
processes on behalf of the components of the DB2 Warehouse Manager.
v Prebuilt programs for performing a variety of OS/390 specific tasks, such as
executing file transfer protocol (FTP), submitting job control language (JCL), and
triggering server or client programs.
v Warehouse transformers for OS/390, which are stored procedures or
user-defined functions. These transformers perform complex transformations that
are commonly used in warehouse development including data manipulation, data
cleansing, key generation, and statistical calculations. These transformers
augment the transformations that are available with built-in SQL, including SQL
string manipulation, Boolean operations, mathematical calculations, data type
conversions, and utility invocations.
v The enhanced Information Catalog Manager, previously available with Visual
Warehouse, improves the Web interface. The Information Catalog Manager
provides tighter integration with DB2 OLAP Server, QMF from any DB2
database, Hyperions Essbase, other front-end tools, and IBM Enterprise
Information Portal (EIP).

Data Management Tools for your database

IBM is investing heavily in developing tools for your DB2 databases. Now you can
select the tools that you need at a price that you like from a group of products that
will help you meet your business challenges. A wide variety of tools are available:
IBM DB2 Administration for OS/390
A tool that provides a comprehensive set of database management
functions and includes two new functions. ALTER supports modification of
tables and their attributes. MIGRATE provides the facilities to copy data and
objects to other DB2 subsystems.
Program number: 5655-E70

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IBM DB2 Archive Log Compression Tool for z/OS

Restores data directly from highly compressed, off-site copies of DB2 logs
for a complete disaster recovery support system. Database administrators
can reduce the volume of archived logs, resulting in shorter I/O and
recovery times. The tool also helps lower storage costs by helping you store
logs on affordable direct access storage device (DASD) instead of tape.
Program number: 5655-F54
IBM DB2 Automation Tool for z/OS
Continuously and automatically coordinates the execution of DB2 tools, so
you can realize the full potential of your DB2 system. Capabilities include
the automatic execution of DB2 tools against specified objects; manual,
periodic or rules-based execution of any number of tools; easy creation of
job specifications; and development of job profiles through intuitive
interactive system productivity facility (ISPF) panels.
Program number: 5697-G63
IBM DB2 Bind Manager
Determines if a bind is required after an application has been precompiled.
If not, the tool automatically resets the time stamp and bypasses the bind.
The DBRM Checker function handles consistency checking between an
existing DBRMLIB and a DB2 subsystem. The Path Checker function lets
you quickly determine whether a bind of a DBRM will result in a changed
access path.
Program number: 5655-D38
IBM DB2 Change Accumulation Tool for z/OS
Restores database objects in the most precise and least disruptive manner
for point-in-time recovery of database objects. The tool allows recovery
routines to focus on single objects and previous states, and it produces
SHRLEVEL REFERENCE image copies without the associated overhead
and data locking.
Program number: 5655-F55
IBM DB2 DataPropagator for OS/390
Lets you maintain consistent copies of relational data across the DB2 family
of databases, and automatically capture and apply data changes.
Program number: 5655-E60
IBM DB2 High Performance Unload for OS/390
Performs sequential reading and accessing of DB2 data at top speed. DB2
HP Unload can scan a table space and create output files in the format you
need. It also lets you unload partitioned table spaces in parallel.
Program number: 5655-E69
IBM DB2 Log Analysis Tool for OS/390
Ensures high availability and complete control over data integrity. You can
monitor and locate data changes, easily reverse undesired changes, and
carry out re-do operations with precision.
Program number: 5655-E66
IBM DB2 Object Comparison Tool for z/OS
Compare objects and dependent objects from one source to those in
another, so your test and development database system can be a mirror
image of the production system. The tool runs as an extension to DB2
Administration Tool for OS/390, Version 2 Release1. The tool includes a
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DB2 catalog extract function, a batch job generator, a dynamic link library
(DDL) extract feature, an ISPF interface, and a batch compare capability.
Program number: 5697-G64
IBM DB2 Object Restore Tool for OS/390
Automatically restores previously dropped objects and all related
dependencies. This tool saves DASD space because it eliminates the need
for a duplicate shadow copy of the catalog to recover objects.
Program Number: 5655-E72
IBM DB2 Performance Monitor for OS/390
Helps you monitor, analyze and optimize your DB2 system performance.
You can now take advantage of Data Sharing (Sysplex) Monitoring Online
with group scope view, dynamic SQL statement cache monitoring, and an
API that easily retrieves performance data and passes it on to an
application program.
Program number: 5655-E61
IBM DB2 Query Monitor for OS/390
Helps you maximize DB2 availability. DB2 Query Monitor lets you determine
what data is gathered during activity monitoring, when it is gathered, what
database resources are required, and what kind of alerts or corrective
actions to take.
Program number: 5655-E67
IBM DB2 Recovery Manager for OS/390
Simplifies and coordinates the recovery of both DB2 and IMS data to a
common point, cutting the time and cost of data recovery and availability.
DB2 Recovery Manager eliminates the error-prone complexity of managing
different logs, utilities, and processes to do recovery from both databases.
Program Number: 5697-F56
IBM DB2 Row Archive Manager for OS/390
Saves storage, improves performance and reduces the overall costs of your
DB2 environment by providing a simple method to control the separation of
aged data from active DB2 data.
Program number: 5655-E65
IBM DB2 SQL Performance Analyzer for OS/390
Delivers performance analysis for all phases of database application design
and development. DB2 SQL Performance Analyzer helps you find out how
long queries will take and aids in preventing queries from running too long.
Program number: 5697-F57
IBM DB2 Table Editor for z/OS
Offers a multipurpose table-editing environment for enterprise-wide, direct
update and data creation operations on DB2 Universal Database for z/OS
from within Java, , Microsoft Windows or ISPF interfaces. This new
generation of DB2 Forms for OS/390 enables database administrators and
developers to conduct robust table editing in full-screen, multirow, single
row, or wizard mode across multiple end-user environments and DB2
databases.
Program number: 5697-G65
IBM DB2 Utilities Suite for OS/390 and z/OS
Is comprised of DB2 Operational Utilities and DB2 Diagnostic and Recovery

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Utilities. This suite extends the capabilities of the core DB2 for z/OS and
OS/390 database utilities with advanced functions once available only
through independent software vendors. The latest functional enhancements
include object wildcarding and dynamic allocation, as well as a new
UNLOAD utility and improvements to the LOAD and Online REORG
utilities.
Program numbers:
DB2 Utilities Suite Program number: 5697-E98
DB2 Operational Utilities Program number: 5655-E63
DB2 Diagnostic and Recovery Utilities Program number: 5655-E62
IBM DB2 Web Query Tool for OS/390
Allows end users and administrators to access enterprise data with speed,
reliability and simplicity. The tool enables pervasive connectivity over the
Internet to every desktop.
Program number: 5655E71
For more information about these tools and how to order them, see the Data
Management Tools Web site:
ibm.com/software/data/db2imstools

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Glossary
The following terms and abbreviations are defined
as they are used in the DB2 library.

A
API. Application programming interface.
application plan. The control structure that is
produced during the bind process. DB2 uses the
application plan to process SQL statements that it
encounters during statement execution.
ASCII. An encoding scheme that is used to represent
strings in many environments, typically on PCs and
workstations. Contrast with EBCDIC and Unicode.

B
buffer pool. Main storage that is reserved to satisfy
the buffering requirements for one or more table spaces
or indexes.

C
call level interface (CLI). A callable application
programming interface (API) for database access, which
is an alternative to using embedded SQL. In contrast to
embedded SQL, DB2 ODBC (which is based on the CLI
architecture) does not require the user to precompile or
bind applications, but instead provides a standard set of
functions to process SQL statements and related
services at run time.
catalog. In DB2, a collection of tables that contains
descriptions of objects such as tables, views, and
indexes.
CCSID. Coded character set identifier.
character set. A defined set of characters.
character string. A sequence of bytes that represent
bit data, single-byte characters, or a mixture of
single-byte and multibyte characters.
clause. In SQL, a distinct part of a statement, such as
a SELECT clause or a WHERE clause.
CLI. Call level interface.
client. See requester.
coded character set. A set of unambiguous rules that
establish a character set and the one-to-one
relationships between the characters of the set and their
coded representations.

Copyright IBM Corp. 2001

code page. A set of assignments of characters to

code points. In EBCDIC, for example, the character 'A'
is assigned code point X'C1', and character 'B' is
assigned code point X'C2'. Within a code page, each
code point has only one specific meaning.
code point. In CDRA, a unique bit pattern that
represents a character in a code page.
collection. A group of packages that have the same
qualifier.
column. The vertical component of a table. A column
has a name and a particular data type (for example,
character, decimal, or integer).
commit. The operation that ends a unit of work by
releasing locks so that the database changes that are
made by that unit of work can be perceived by other
processes.
commit point. A point in time when data is considered
consistent.
created temporary table. A table that holds temporary
data and is defined with the SQL statement CREATE
GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE. Information about
created temporary tables is stored in the DB2 catalog,
so this kind of table is persistent and can be shared
across application processes. Contrast with declared
temporary table. See also temporary table.
cursor. A named control structure that an application
program uses to point to a row of interest within some
set of rows, and to retrieve rows from the set, possibly
making updates or deletions.
cursor sensitivity. The degree to which database
updates are visible to the subsequent FETCH
statements in a cursor. A cursor can be sensitive to
changes that are made with positioned update and
delete statements specifying the name of that cursor. A
cursor can also be sensitive to changes that are made
with searched update or delete statements, or with
cursors other than this cursor. These changes can be
made by this application process or by another
application process.

D
DASD. Direct access storage device.
database. A collection of tables, or a collection of table
spaces and index spaces.
database request module (DBRM). A data set
member that is created by the DB2 precompiler and that
contains information about SQL statements. DBRMs are
used in the bind process.

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data sharing. The ability of two or more DB2
subsystems to directly access and change a single set
of data.
data sharing group. A collection of one or more DB2
subsystems that directly access and change the same
data while maintaining data integrity.
data type. An attribute of columns, literals, host
variables, special registers, and the results of functions
and expressions.
DBCLOB. Double-byte character large object.

log. A collection of records that describe the events

that occur during DB2 execution and that indicate their
sequence. The information thus recorded is used for
recovery in the event of a failure during DB2 execution.

M
MB. Megabyte (1 048 576 bytes).
multibyte character set (MBCS). A character set that
represents single characters with more than a single
byte. Contrast with single-byte character set and
double-byte character set. See also Unicode.

DBCS. Double-byte character set.

DB2 catalog. Tables that are maintained by DB2 and
contain descriptions of DB2 objects, such as tables,
views, and indexes.
declared temporary table. A table that holds
temporary data and is defined with the SQL statement
DECLARE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE. Information
about declared temporary tables is not stored in the
DB2 catalog, so this kind of table is not persistent and
can only be used by the application process that issued
the DECLARE statement. Contrast with created
temporary table. See also temporary table.
Distributed Relational Database Architecture
(DRDA). A connection protocol for distributed relational
database processing that is used by IBMs relational
database products. DRDA includes protocols for
communication between an application and a remote
relational database management system, and for
communication between relational database
management systems.
double-byte character set (DBCS). A set of
characters, which are used by national languages such
as Japanese and Chinese, that have more symbols
than can be represented by a single byte. Each
character is 2 bytes in length. Contrast with single-byte
character set and multibyte character set.
DRDA. Distributed Relational Database Architecture.

G
GB. Gigabyte (1 073 741 824 bytes).

K
KB. Kilobyte (1024 bytes).

L
list. A type of object, which DB2 utilities can process,
that identifies multiple table spaces, multiple index
spaces, or both. A list is defined with the LISTDEF utility
control statement.

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O
ODBC. Open Database Connectivity.
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC). A Microsoft
database application programming interface (API) for C
that allows access to database management systems
by using callable SQL. ODBC does not require the use
of an SQL preprocessor. In addition, ODBC provides an
architecture that lets users add modules called
database drivers, which link the application to their
choice of database management systems at run time.
This means that applications no longer need to be
directly linked to the modules of all the database
management systems that are supported.

S
savepoint. A named entity that represents the state of
data and schemas at a particular point in time within a
unit of work. SQL statements exist to set a savepoint,
release a savepoint, and restore data and schemas to
the state that the savepoint represents. The restoration
of data and schemas to a savepoint is usually referred
to as rolling back to a savepoint.
scrollable cursor. A cursor that can be moved in both
a forward and a backward direction.
self-referencing constraint. A referential constraint
that defines a relationship in which a table is a
dependent of itself.
self-referencing table. A table with a self-referencing
constraint.
single-byte character set (SBCS). A set of characters
in which each character is represented by a single byte.
Contrast with double-byte character set or multibyte
character set.
SQL function. A user-defined function in which the
CREATE FUNCTION statement contains the source
code. The source code is a single SQL expression that
evaluates to a single value. The SQL user-defined
function can return only one parameter.

SQLJ z/OS
SQLJ. Structured Query Language (SQL) that is
embedded in the Java programming language.
star join. A method of joining a dimension column of a
fact table to the key column of the corresponding
dimension table. See also join, dimension, and star
schema.
star schema. The combination of a fact table (which
contains most of the data) and a number of dimension
tables. See also star join, dimension, and dimension
table.

work as a result of commit or rollback operations. In a

multisite update operation, a single unit of work can
include several units of recovery. Contrast with unit of
recovery.

Z
z/OS. An operating system for the eServer product line
that supports 64-bit real storage.

stored procedure. A user-written application program

that can be invoked through the use of the SQL CALL
statement.
Structured Query Language (SQL). A standardized
language for defining and manipulating data in a
relational database.

T
table. A named data object consisting of a specific
number of columns and some number of unordered
rows. See also base table or temporary table.
TB. Terabyte (1 099 511 627 776 bytes).
template. A DB2 utilities output data set descriptor that
is used for dynamic allocation. A template is defined by
the TEMPLATE utility control statement.
temporary table. A table that holds temporary data;
for example, temporary tables are useful for holding or
sorting intermediate results from queries that contain a
large number of rows. The two kinds of temporary table,
which are created by different SQL statements, are the
created temporary table and the declared temporary
table. Contrast with result table. See also created
temporary table and declared temporary table.
type 2 indexes. Indexes that are created on a release
of DB2 after Version 6 or that are specified as type 2
indexes in Version 4 or later.

U
Unicode. A standard that parallels the ISO-10646
standard. Several implementations of the Unicode
standard exist, all of which have the ability to represent
a large percentage of the characters contained in the
many scripts that are used throughout the world.
unit of recovery. A recoverable sequence of
operations within a single resource manager, such as
an instance of DB2. Contrast with unit of work.
unit of work. A recoverable sequence of operations
within an application process. At any time, an
application process is a single unit of work, but the life
of an application process can involve many units of
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A
AIX 3
application enhancements 16
applications
Web 40
Net Search Extender 40
Automatic Restart Manager 14
availability enhancements 10

B
Baan 23
books, new 26
business intelligence 1
business partnerships 23

C
cancel thread without rollback processing 13
CASTOUT(NO) option on -STOP DB2 command 15
CHECKPAGE 14
collections with the DB2 UDB Control Center 34
commands 13
commands with a global scope 15
COMMIT and ROLLBACK in stored procedures 23
CONNECT statement 19
constraints 10
COPY with CHECKPAGE 14
COPY, external 14
COPYTOCOPY utility 11
customer relationship management 1

D
data definitions, generating using DB2 UDB Control
Center 34
Data Management Tools 44
data set templates 34
data sharing enhancements 14
DB2 Administration Tool 34
DB2 Connect 3
DB2 Estimator 39
DB2 Extenders 23
DB2 Installer 37
DB2 Management Clients package 32
DB2 MQSeries functions 24
DB2 Stored Procedure Builder 36
DB2 UDB Control Center 32
DB2 Visual Explain 38
DB2 Warehouse Manager 5, 42
DBADM authority 10
DDF RESUME command 14
DDF SUSPEND command 14
declared temporary tables 21
deferred definitions of data sets 10
defining identity columns 21

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DELETE or UPDATE with self-referencing

subselect 18
distributed applications
coordinating updates 4
global transaction support 20
monitoring 20
performance improvement 19
dynamic allocation of data sets 9

E
e-business 1
Net Search Extender 40
Net.Data 42
scalability 10
system parameters, changing online 13
Unicode support 22
Version 7 enhancements 5, 9
Web sites 26
XML extender 16
enterprise resource management 1, 23
Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) 16
extenders 23

F
failure recovery in a data sharing environment,
duplexing 15
family compatibility 5, 9, 18
fast implicit close 19
features, DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 29
FETCH FIRST n ROWS SQL clause 19

G
global transaction support 4
global transaction support for distributed
applications 20

I
identity columns 21
IFI calls with global scope 15
independent software developers 23
index access for small tables 14
Information Center 35

J
Java
Control Center run as a Java application 32
Java applets and Javascript with Net.Data 42
Java stored procedures 20
reports with Java query capability 29
stored procedures 36

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remote request response times 24

REORG, online 13
restart light for data sharing members
REXX 21

L
LISTDEF facility 9
LOAD RESUME, online 13
LOAD utility, enhancements 20
lock structure, duplexing 15
log read request, retry 14
LOG SUSPEND and RESUME commands

S
14

M
monitoring
distributed applications 20
server elapsed time for remote requests
multiple inputs to parallel LOAD 11
multisite updates 4

24

N
Net Search Extender
Net.Data 3, 42
notices, legal 53

5, 40

O
object lists 34
ODBC 21
optional features, DB2 for z/OS and OS/390
OS/390 Workload Manager (WLM) 3
OS/400 3

P
parallel LOAD with multiple inputs 11
pattern-matching characters in utility lists 9
PeopleSoft 10, 23
performance
Enterprise Storage Server and DB2 16
estimating 39
Persistent Stored Modules 21
persistent structure size 15
precompiler services 22
publications, new 26

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SAP 10, 23
savepoints 21
SCA structure, duplexing 15
scalability improvements 10
scalar function 19
scrollable cursors 18
security
Web with Net.Data 42
Windows Kerberos 23
workstation clients 23
self-referencing subselect on UPDATE and
DELETE 18
server elapsed time monitoring 24
shutdown of data sharing members 15
Siebel Systems 23
Solaris Operating Environment 3
SQL
CONNECT statement 19
embedded, support for scrollable cursors using 18
enhancements 18
processing queries 12
scalar function 19
SELECT statement, ORDER BY 19
support for COMMIT and ROLLBACK in stored
procedures 23
support for REXX 21
with XML extenders 17
SQL procedures 21
star schema 13
statistics history, comprehensive 9
stored procedures
DB2 Stored Procedure Builder 36
Java stored procedures 20
support for COMMIT and ROLLBACK 23
written entirely in SQL 21
structure size changes, persistent 15
system parameters, changing online 13

T
Q
QMF 29
QMF for Windows 30
QMF High Performance Option (HPO)
QMF HPO 30
queries using a new join method 13
query parallelism 12

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tables
declared temporary, defining 21
small, with index access 14
UNION and UNION ALL operators, using
templates, data set 34
Text Extender 23
three-tier architecture 1
transaction manager support in DB2 4

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Unicode support 22
UNION and UNION ALL operators 18
UNLOAD utility 10
UPDATE or DELETE with self-referencing
subselect 18
UPDATE with subselect 19
utilities
COPY 14
COPYTOCOPY 11
DB2 UDB Control Center, using with 34
dynamic allocation of data sets 9
LOAD 11
LOAD RESUME, online 13
procedures using the DB2 UDB Control Center
REORG 13
UNLOAD 10
using pattern-matching characters 9

34

W
warehouse management 42
Web
accessing books 35
applications 40
Net Search Extender 40
publishing reports using QMF
sites 26
WebSphere 3
Windows 2000 3
Windows Kerberos security 23
Windows NT 3

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X
XML extender
description 16
XML extenders
using SQL 17

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