Index of Introductory Db2 Topics

This blog entry is designed to serve as a roadmap for current blog entries directed at those newer to Db2. In my mind, this likely includes anyone who has been working with Db2 for less than 2 years. However, often there are areas we spend more time in than others, so I think of these topics also as "spackle" - to fill in gaps for the self-taught. Note that some of the topics below are not links. This is because they're areas I plan to blog about in the future. Continue reading »

Db2 Basics: Investigating Permissions in an Existing Database

Edit: 01/23/2018 – corrected one word not in an SQL statement.

I have written several other articles on security and permissions, but I thought I would write one from a purely practical perspective. If you don’t understand the basics of how DB2 handles users, authentication, authorization, and privileges, please read Db2 Basics: Users, Authentication, and Authorization.… Read the rest

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