DB2 is a relation database manage system developed by IBM company.
DB2 is mainly used in large application systems and it supports the user environment from mainframe to single. It provides high-level data usability, integrity, security, recoverability, and the application executive capacity from small to large scale. It has the basic functions and SQL commands that has nothing with platform. DB2 uses the data classification technology and enables mainframe data easily be downloaded to the LAN database server. And make the database localization and remote connections transparency. Its external connections change the query performance and support the parallel query for multiple tasks. The DB2 database can be assessed by any applications through using the Microsoft open database to connect the ODBC interface, Java interface or CORBA interface agency.
Based on the DB2 features above, more and more users start to use the DB2 to manage the vast amount spatial data in GIS applications. In order to support the DB2 database, SuperMap providers a series of supports for DB2 datasource. This guide introduces how to install DB2, catalog DB2 and import and export DB2.
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