starting with db2

Starting working with DB2 on unix:

You have to install dbd2 client software on your unix workstation and reboot it.
You have to source a db2profile file with all necessary environment
You have to catalog properly, for example:

  db2 catalog tcpip node xxx remote somer_server server some_port
  db2 catalog db some_db at node xxx
  db2 connect to some_db
  db2 list database directory

  db2 catalog db sample at node xxx
  db2 connect to sample
  db2 "select * from syscat.tables fetch first 5 rows only"
     (note the quotes around select - to hide from shell processing)

  db2 -tvf myfile.sql    - to run many commands from a file.  Don't forget to separate SQL statments with ";"

db2 "select char(reviewed_date, ISO) from oe.OE_contact fetch first 10 rows only"
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