Getting Started with IBM Data Studio for DB2

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Getting Started with IBM Data Studio for DB2
How is this book structured?
This book is structured as follows:
Chapter 1 includes an introduction to Data Studio and gets you up and running and
familiar with the Data Studio workbench (user interface).
Chapters 2 and 3 focus on database administration tasks:
o Chapter 2 gets you connected to the database teaches you how to create and
change database objects as well as how to grant authority to others to see
those objects.
o Chapter 3 goes into more advanced topics around maintaining the system and
providing for recoverability.
Chapter 4 introduces the new Health Monitor in Data Studio which monitors the health
of your DB2 databases, view alerts, applications, utilities, and storage.
Chapter 5 describes how to create a data development project, which is where artifacts
you create for subsequent exercises are stored. It also describes how to use the SQL
and XQuery editor (and optionally the Query Builder) to create scripts.
Chapter 6 introduces the new Job Manager which lets you create and schedule scriptbased
jobs.
Chapter 7 discusses the set of basic query tuning capabilities included in Data Studio.
Chapters 8, 9, and 10 are focused on database development activities involving
creating and debugging database routines and data web services:
o Chapter 8 covers SQL stored procedure development and debugging.
o Chapter 9 is a short chapter on developing user-defined functions.
o Chapter 10 is data web services development (with advanced topics in
Appendix E).
Chapter 11 provides you with more context around how Data Studio fits in with the
greater data management capabilities from IBM, and how you can build on your Data
Studio skills with use of these products for tasks such as data modeling and design,
monitoring and optimizing database and query performance, managing test data,
managing data privacy and much more.
Exercises are provided with most chapters. There are also review questions in each
chapter to help you learn the material; answers to review questions are included in
Appendix A.
A book for the community
This book was created by the community; a community consisting of university professors,
students, and professionals (including IBM employees). The online version of this book is
released to the community at no-charge. Numerous members of the community from