This book is intended for novice users of Structured Query Language (SQL) and relational databases. It will:
Before you try out any of the examples in this book, if you are the administrator you should:
Otherwise, ensure that you have a valid user ID or username and the appropriate authority and privileges.
This book's focus is on providing a solid understanding of DB2 SQL. An overview of recovery objects, storage objects, system objects, controlling access to data (privileges and authorities), performance, transactions and units of work is presented in the Administration Getting Started book.