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Welcome to SQL Manager for DB2!
What's new
System requirements
Feature Matrix
Installation
Registration
How to register SQL Manager
Version history
EMS SQL Manager FAQ
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Getting Started
Selecting style and language
First time started
Using Desktop Panel
Database navigation
Working with database objects
Using context menus
Node context menu
Database context menu
Object context menu
Working with windows
Database Explorer
Managing database registration info
Connecting to databases
Operations with database objects
Selecting multiple objects
Using tabs for database navigation
Recently opened objects
Managing Favorite objects
Searching within the tree
SQL Assistant
Configuring Database Explorer
Managing Favorite queries
Database Management
Register Node wizard
Selecting registration type
Using an existing entry
Selecting node
Specifying tunneling parameters
Setting specific options
Adding a new catalog entry
Specifying connection parameters
Specifying tunneling parameters
Setting specific options
Create Database wizard
Setting DB name and node info
Setting connection properties
Defining database files
Register Database wizard
Selecting registration type
Using an existing entry
Selecting database
Setting specific options
Adding a new catalog entry
Specifying connection parameters
Setting specific options
Database Registration Info
Connection
Common options
Display options
Default directories
Logs
Data options
Change management
Repository management wizard
Selecting operation
Selecting version control provider
Configuring provider settings
Configuring CVS settings
Configuring VSS settings
Configuring TFS settings
Specifying repository settings
Performing operation
Configuring provider settings
CVS
VSS
TFS
Find option
Database Properties
Database variables
Recovery
Logs
Maintenance
Applications
Performance
Status
Environment
Monitor
Node Properties
Node variables
Applications
Monitor
Diagnostic
Parallelism
Miscellaneous
Connection
Environment
Management
SSL
Node Registration Info
Connection info
Find option
Offline work with database
Database Objects
New object
Duplicate Object Wizard
Selecting the source database
Selecting object to duplicate
Selecting destination database
Modifying the new object's definition
Schemas
Schema Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing schema
Schema Objects
Tables
New table
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Setting table properties
Specifying fields
Managing dimensions
Managing partitions
Managing distribution
Table Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Table properties
Managing fields
Managing indices
Managing constraints
Primary and unique keys
Foreign keys
Checks
Managing triggers
Working with table data
Fields
Field Editor
Indices
Index Editor
Primary/Unique keys
Primary/Unique Key Editor
Foreign keys
Foreign Key Editor
Checks
Check Editor
Triggers
Trigger Editor
Creating table-based objects
View from Table
Options
View info
View triggers
Procedures from Table
Options
SELECT procedure
INSERT procedure
UPDATE procedure
DELETE procedure
Views
View Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing view
Managing fields
Managing triggers
View plan
Working with data
Procedures
Procedure Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing procedure
Editing SQL
Managing parameters
Aliases
Alias Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing alias
Viewing data
Functions
Function Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing function
Editing SQL
Managing parameters
MQ Tables
MQ Table Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing MQ Table
Managing distribution
Nicknames
Nickname Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing nickname
Sequences
Sequence Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing sequence
UDS Types
UDS Type Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing UDS type
Attributes
Methods
UD Types
UD Type Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing UD type
Packages
Package Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing package
Triggers
Trigger Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing trigger
Indices
Index Editor
SQL Variables
SQL Variable Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing SQL variable
Global Temporary Tables
Global Temporary Table Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing global temporary table
Managing fields
Managing distribution
Modules
Module Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
New module
Editing module
Non-schema Objects
Table spaces
Tablespace Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing table space
Managing containers
Buffer Pools
Buffer Pool Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing buffer pool
Partition Groups
Partition Group Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing partition group
Event Monitors
Event Monitor Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing event monitor
Setting output
Using event filter
Wrappers
Wrapper Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing wrapper
Editing options
Users
User Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing user
Managing grants
Groups
Group Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing group
Managing grants
User Mappings
User Mapping Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing user mapping
Adding/editing options
Servers
Server Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing server
Roles
Role Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing role
Managing grants
Defining ancestors
Trusted Contexts
Trusted Context Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing trusted context
Audit Policies
Audit Policy Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing audit policy
Security Label Components
Security Label Component Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing security label component
Security Policies
Security Policy Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing security policy
Security Labels
Security Label Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Creating/editing security label
Local scripts
Shared scripts
TFS
CVS
VSS
Query Management Tools
SQL Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Working with SQL Editor area
Using the context menu
Viewing query plan
Using object links
Executing queries
Viewing query logs
Favorites editor
Merging queries
Visual Query Builder
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Working with diagram area
Joining two objects
Setting criteria
Setting output fields
Setting grouping criteria
Setting sorting parameters
Working with the editor area
Query execution
Query parameters
Input parameters dialog
Data Management
Data View
Using Navigation bar and Toolbars
Grid View
Customizing columns
Grouping data
Filtering records
Using the context menu
Working in multi-level mode
Create Grid Level wizard
Specifying master level
Defining source for detail level
Binding master and detail levels
Query parameterization
Setting additional parameters
Working in card view mode
Column summary
Copying records
Form View
Print Data
Page Setup
Page
Margins
Header/footer
Scaling
Report Formatter
View
Behaviors
Formatting
Styles
Preview
Cards
Charts
Setting report options
Print dialog
BLOB View
Navigation within BLOB Editor
Editing as Hexadecimal
Editing as Text
Editing as Rich Text
Editing as Image
Editing as HTML
Editing as XML
Applying changes
Custom Filter
Filter Builder dialog
Invoking the Filter Builder dialog
Adding a new condition
Setting filter criteria
Setting filter operator
Setting filter criteria values
Adding a new group
Setting group operator
Applying filter conditions
Import/Export Tools
Export Data Wizard
Setting destination file name and format
Selecting fields for export
Adjusting data formats
Setting header and footer
Setting format-specific options
Excel options
Data format
Fields
Options
Styles
Extensions
Hyperlinks
Notes
Charts
Cells
Merged Cells
Advanced
Access options
Word / RTF options
Base Styles
Strip Styles
HTML options
Preview
Basic
Multi-file
Advanced
PDF options
TXT options
CSV options
XML options
MS Excel 2007 / ODS options
MS Word 2007 / ODT options
Setting common export options
Exporting data
Import Data Wizard
Selecting source file name and format
Selecting data source
Setting fields correspondence
Excel
Access
DBF
XML Datapacket
TXT
CSV
HTML
XML Generic
MS Excel/Word 2007, ODF
Adjusting data formats
Setting advanced field formats
Setting import mode
Customizing common options
Importing data
Export as SQL Script
Selecting destination DBMS
Setting destination file name
Setting BLOB options
Selecting fields to export
Setting export options
Editing table definition
Exporting as SQL Script
Change management
Create tag wizard
Selecting source database
Specifying tag caption
Performing operation
Check repository wizard
Selecting database
Selecting object types
Checking repository
Specifying action for each difference
Selecting objects to remove from the repositary
Checking and correcting script
Adding comments
Performing operation
Get change script wizard
Selecting source database
Selecting script generation method
Specifying start and end points for the script
Specifying comments
Defining script destination
Performing operation
History
History of database changes
Object history
Comparing object versions
Database Tools
SQL Monitor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Working with SQL Monitor
SQL Script Editor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Working with SQL Script editor area
Using script explorer
Script execution
Search in Metadata
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Setting search conditions
Viewing search results
Extract Database Wizard
Selecting source database
Specifying destination file name
Setting extraction mode
Setting BLOB options
Selecting objects for structure extraction
Selecting objects for data extraction
Customizing script options
Start of extraction process
Activity Monitor
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Working with Activity Monitor
Print Metadata
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Printing options
Print preview
HTML Report Wizard
Selecting database and directory
Selecting object types
Specifying CSS
Setting additional report options
Creating HTML report
Reports management
Create Report Wizard
Specifying database name and report options
Selecting report bands
Selecting report style
Specifying page settings
Specifying paper settings
Specifying margins
Specifying other page settings
Report Designer
Adding dialog form
Adding database and query components
Adding report data
Viewing the report
Saving the report
Report Viewer
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Dependency Tree
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Viewing dependency tree
CLP Console
Using Navigation bar and Toolbar
Working with editing area
Viewing execution results
Compare Databases
Selecting source database
Selecting schemas of the source database
Selecting target database
Selecting schemas of the target database
Selecting type of the synchronization script
Defining options for destination script
Performing operation
Grant Manager
Using Navigation bar, Toolbar and context menu
Managing database-specific privileges
Filtering objects in list
Visual Database Designer
Using Navigation bar and Toolbars
Using Diagram Navigator and Objects pane
Using context menus
Working with diagram objects
Adding/removing objects to/from diagram
Incremental search
Creating objects
Creating relations
Working with diagram pages
Reverse engineering
Printing diagram
Print preview
Print setup dialog
Saving/loading diagram
Setting diagram options
Project Interaction
Selecting the source database/project
Creating new project
Creating new database
Setting connection properties
Defining database files
Selecting objects to check
Selecting database objects
Specifying actions
Selecting script destination
Performing operation
External Tools
External tools dialog
External tool info editor
Instance Services
Backup Database
Setting DB name and backup mode
Setting backup options
Specifying additional parameters
Selecting table spaces to backup
Running backup
Restore Database
Setting DB name and restore mode
Selecting containers
Setting target database options
Selecting backup image
Setting redirect containers
Setting restore options
Running restore
Rollforward Database
Setting DB name and final state
Setting rollforward options
Starting rollforward database
Restart Database Wizard
Setting DB name and connection info
Restarting database
Quiesce Database Wizard
Setting DB name and connection info
Specifying additional parameters
DB quiescence
Unquiesce Database Wizard
Setting DB name and connection info
DB unquiescence
Ping Database
Specifying database
Pinging database
CLP Tools
CLP Export
Specifying DB name and connection info
Specifying data destination
Specifying DEL file modifiers
Specifying LOB destination
Specifying SQL SELECT statement
Exporting data
CLP Import
Specifying DB name and connection info
Specifying data source and destination
Specifying common file modifiers
Specifying advanced file modifiers
Specifying LOB source
Specifying fields to import
Specifying additional parameters
Importing data
CLP Load
Specifying DB name and connection info
Specifying data source and destination
Specifying common file modifiers
Specifying advanced file modifiers
Specifying action
Specifying LOB source
Specifying load parameters
Specifying fields to load
Specifying additional parameters
Loading data
CLP Move
Specifying DB name and connection parameters
Specifying EXPORT destination
Specifying COPY destination
Setting IMPORT/LOAD options
Selecting objects to export/copy
Specifying COPY options
Moving data
Reorganize Tables
Specifying the source database name
Selecting tables
Setting reorganize options
Setting runstats options
Reorganizing tables
Reorganize Indices
Setting DB name
Selecting tables
Setting reorganize options
Setting runstats options
Reorganizing indices
Run Statistics
Setting DB name
Selecting tables
Setting runstats options
Running statistics
Stop Database Manager Wizard
Setting node name and connection info
Stopping Database Manager
Start Database Manager Wizard
Setting node name and connection info
Starting Database Manager
Personalization
SQL Manager Options
Environment Options
Preferences
Full mode activation
Confirmations
Windows
Tools
DB Explorer
Table Editor
SQL Editor
SQL Monitor
Activity Monitor
CLP Console
SQL Script
Query Builder
Style & Color Palette
Visual Database Designer
Print Metadata
Projects
Dependencies
Data Export
Fonts
Grid
Data Options
Print Data
Color & Formats
Advanced
Column Options
Localization
Global Shortcuts
Find Option
Editor Options
General
Display
Highlight
Quick Code
SQL Formatter
SQL Words
Key Mapping
Spell Checking
Find Option
Visual Options
Bars and menus
Trees and lists
Edit controls
Check boxes
Buttons
Page controls
Group boxes
Splitters
Navigation bar
Find Option
Save Settings
Specifying destination file
Selecting settings
Selecting databases
Saving settings
Localization
Localization Editor
Select Program Language
Keyboard Templates
Object Templates
Find Option dialog
How to...
Work with Databases
Connect to a database
Create a database
Edit database connection parameters
Make work with a database faster
Design a visual database structure
View an ER diagram
Backup a database
Restore a database from a backup
Create a database copy
Document a database
Save metadata reports to file
Log database changes
Get an SQL dump
Synchronize two databases
Work with Database Objects
Group objects
Find objects
View dependecies
Get an object DDL
Work with Data
View tables with many records
Set data filter
Sort and group data
Export/import data
Export data as SQL script
Export filtered data
Edit data of master-detail tables
Add image to table
Set data display format
Work with Queries and Scripts
Create SQL statements rapidly
Control a query productivity
Work with several queries an once
Save most frequently used queries
Execute queries with parameters
Export query results into file
Execute scripts
Execute a large SQL script
Make SQL script work faster
Customize work with Query/Script text
View executed queries and scripts
Work with Version Control
Enable version control
Rollback to previous revision state
View database changes
View procedure changes
Work with database objects offline
Transfer program settings
Create a simple report in Report Designer
Update SQL Manager
Report bugs and suggestions
Appendix
Program interface
Viewing object DDL structure
Editing object description
Browsing object dependencies
Compile window
Tip of the Day
Find Text dialog
Replace Text dialog
Format specifiers
Language Info Editor
Using templates
Supported file formats
To-Do List
Windows List
Customize toolbars and menus
SSH tunneling options
Connection Lost dialog
SQL Manager Direct
Database Login dialog
Overwriting existing output file
Script conversion
Label-Based Access Control
Select Object dialog
SQL Manager shortcuts