Getting Started with IBM Data Studio for DB2

100 Getting Started with IBM Data Studio for DB2
2.8 Exercises
In this chapter you learned how to start and stop instances, create and connect to
databases, create tables, views, and indexes, and how to grant access to users. Here are
some exercises to practice what you learned. You can use any of the connection you
created in this chapter whenever the name of the database is not mentioned explicitly in
the exercise.
Exercise 1: You created a GSDB database in the previous chapter and learned to connect
to it using Data Studio in this chapter. Browse the database tree to find out the various
schemas in the database and the various objects associated with those schemas.
Exercise 2: Try creating a table with various data types and insert some values into it. Try
creating an index of single or multiple columns on this table.
Exercise 3: Try creating a table with a primary key including single or multiple columns.
Does an index automatically get created? What columns does it contain?
Exercise 4: Try adding a user and see how many privileges you can give. Browse through
all the possible privileges.
Exercise 5: Create a table where the value for a specific column will always be generated
by the DB2 based on an expression defined by you.
2.9 Summary
In this chapter you have learned how to create and connect to a database and how to
navigate the databases. You also learned how to use change plans to create objects in the
database. You also learned how to manage different database objects, and view the
relationships between objects. You learned how to add users and grant privileges using
Data Studio as well as how to create an overview diagram that shows the relationships
among the objects.
2.10 Review questions
1. How do you generate an entity-relationship diagram in Data Studio?
2. Related database objects are grouped together in a _________.
3. Why are connection profiles useful?
4. When creating a new user in Data Studio, which tab in the object editor enables you to
specify which objects that person has access to?
5. When connecting to a database, which of these is a mandatory parameter?
A. Port number
B. Host name/IP address
C. User ID/password