Welcome to the Universal Database DB2 Quick Tour

DB2 Universal Database 7.1 is a fully Web-enabled relational database management system. It is scalable from single processors to symmetric multiprocessors to massively parallel clusters. DB2 Universal Database features multimedia capabilities with image, audio, video, text, spatial, and other advanced object relational support. With Version 7.1, DB2 Universal Database delivers even more powerful support for e-business solutions as well as new built-in support for business intelligence solutions.

DB2 Universal Database was the first database to support Java stored procedures, user-defined functions, and JDBC and SQLJ for access to databases from Java programs. DB2 Universal Database supports XML with XML-aware text search, document parsing, and composition/decomposition.