Duration

3 days

Course Description

This course enables you to acquire the skills necessary to produce application programs that manipulate DB2 databases. Emphasis is on embedding Structured Query Language (SQL) statements and preparing programs for execution.

Audience

This basic course is for application programmers who need to write embedded SQL programs in COBOL or PL/I (on z/OS) or in C language (on Linux, UNIX, and Windows).

Prerequisites

You should have experience with one of the supported programming languages:

COBOL or PL/I for z/OS or
C language for Linux, UNIX, and Windows.

You are also expected to already be able to construct and use SQL statements.

At Course Completion

Incorporate static SQL statements in an application program
Prepare the program for execution
Validate execution results are correct
Produce code to support multiple rows being returned from the database manager using cursors
Identify considerations regarding units of work concurrency, and restart of programs
Identify differences between static and dynamic SQL
Provide test data for applications
Discuss program and DB2 options relative to performance of static SQL

Course Outline

Please refer to the course overview for description information.

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.