IBM 000-8697 User Manual
Introduction
3
In This Introduction
This introduction provides an overview of the information in this manual
and describes the conventions it uses.
and describes the conventions it uses.
About This Manual
The
IBM I
nformix
O
n
L
ine
A
dministrator’s
G
uide describes the powerful
Informix online transaction processing (
OLTP
) database server.
You do not need database management experience or familiarity with
relational database concepts to use this manual. However, a knowledge of
relational database concepts to use this manual. However, a knowledge of
SQL
(Structured Query Language) would be useful. For detailed information
about
IBM I
nformix
SQL
, see the
IBM I
nformix
G
uide to
SQL: T
utorial and the
IBM I
nformix
G
uide to
SQL: R
eference.
This manual serves as both an administrator and operator guide and a
reference manual.
reference manual.
supports the instructions provided in the
UNIX P
roducts
I
nstallation
G
uide.
provides an optional, technical discussion
of the
IBM I
nformix
O
n
L
ine system architecture. Subsequent chapters explain
how to take advantage of all the features and functionality of the
IBM I
nformix
O
n
L
ine database server.