DB2 SQL Workshop

Description

Write, support, and understand SQL queries.

This course provides an introduction to the SQL language.

Note: This course is appropriate for customers working in all DB2 environments, that is, z/OS, VM/VSE, iSeries, Linux, UNIX, and Windows. It is also appropriate for customers working in an Informix environment.

Audience:

This basic course is for everyone needing to write, support, or understand SQL queries. This includes but is not limited to end-users, programmers, application designers, database administrators, and system administrators who do not yet have knowledge of the SQL Data Manipulation Language (DML).

Objectives

• Code SQL statements to retrieve data from a DB2 or Informix table, including the SELECT, FROM, WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING and ORDER BY clauses
• Code inner joins and non-correlated subqueries
• Use SQL arithmetic operations
• Use scalar and column functions
• Use UNION and UNION ALL
• INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE rows
• Code simple CREATE TABLE and CREATE VIEW statements