Using DB2 Universal Database on 64-bit Platforms
This book provides information about the 64-bit version of the DB2
Universal Database (UDB) and DB2 Connect servers for 64-bit
platforms.
This manual is for database administrators, application programmers, and
other users who want to work with DB2 Universal Database on 64-bit
platforms. The book covers installation, instance migration,
configuration, and application development issues.
It is assumed that you are familiar with DB2 Universal Database and with
the operating system environment in which DB2 UDB is running.
- For general information about DB2 UDB, refer to the Administration Guide.
- For planning, installation, migration, and configuration information for
DB2 UDB on UNIX-based platforms, refer to the DB2 for UNIX
Quick Beginnings book. This book also contains installation and setup information for
many supported clients.
- For information about how to develop applications that access DB2
databases, refer to the Application Development Guide. Discussion topics include writing stored procedures, writing
user-defined functions, creating user-defined types, using triggers, and
developing applications in partitioned environments or with federated
systems.
- For information about the DB2 application programming interfaces (APIs)
and data structures that you can use to manage your databases, refer to the
Administrative API Reference. This book also explains how to call APIs from your
applications.
- For environment setup information and step-by-step instructions about how
to compile, link, and run DB2 applications refer to the Application Building Guide.
The following topics are covered:
- Chapter 1, "Why 64-bit Support?"
- Provides a brief introduction to some of the principal advantages of
64-bit operating systems.
- Chapter 2, "Installation"
- Shows you how to install DB2 Universal Database Version 7.1 on
64-bit platforms.
- Chapter 3, "Instance Creation, Migration, and Update Scenarios"
- Shows you how to create 64-bit instances, or how to migrate your 32-bit
instances to 64-bit instances.
- Chapter 4, "Application Development Considerations"
- Describes the process of migrating a 32-bit application to a 64-bit
application, platform-specific compiler flag values, and how to make your UDF
code portable between 32-bit and 64-bit platforms.
- Chapter 5, "Configuration"
- Describes new upper limits for database and database manager configuration
parameters related to memory.
- Chapter 6, "Restrictions"
- Describes the restrictions that apply to DB2 Universal Database Version
7.1 on 64-bit platforms.
- Chapter 7, "Messages"
- Lists some of the messages that may be returned when you work with DB2
Universal Database Version 7.1 on 64-bit platforms.
- Chapter 8, "Incompatibilities"
- Identifies incompatibilities introduced by 64-bit engine support in DB2
Universal Database Version 7.1.
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