This manual is intended to help system administrators plan and maintain the database manager.
This manual also documents General-use Programming Interface and Associated Guidance Information and Product-sensitive Programming Interface and Associated Guidance Information provided by the database manager.
General-use programming interfaces allow the customer to write programs that obtain the services of the database manager.
General-use Programming Interface and Associated Guidance Information is identified where it occurs, either by an introductory statement to a chapter or section or by the following marking:
+---------------------General-Use Programming Interface----------------------+
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Product-sensitive programming interfaces allow the customer installation to perform tasks such as diagnosing, modifying, monitoring, repairing, tailoring, or tuning of the database manager. Use of such interfaces creates dependencies on the detailed design or implementation of the IBM software product. Product-sensitive programming interfaces should be used only for these specialized purposes. Because of their dependencies on detailed design and implementation, it is to be expected that programs written to such interfaces may need to be changed in order to run with new product releases or versions, or as a result of service.
Product-sensitive Programming Interface and Associated Guidance Information is identified where it occurs, either by an introductory statement to a chapter or section or by the following marking:
+------------------Product-Sensitive Programming Interface-------------------+
Product-sensitive Programming Interface and Associated Guidance Information...
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