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DB2 for z/OS Stored Procedures: Through the CALL and Beyond

An IBM Redbooks publication

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Published on 29 March 2004, updated 22 February 2006

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ISBN-10: 0738498181
ISBN-13: 9780738498188
IBM Form #: SG24-7083-00


Authors: Paolo Bruni, Bhaskar Achanti, Suneel Konidala, Glenn McGeoch, Martin Packer, Peggy Rader, Suresh Sane, Bonni Taylor and Peter Wansch

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    Abstract

    This IBM Redbooks publication helps you design, install, manage, and tune stored procedures with DB2 for z/OS. Stored procedures can provide major benefits in the areas of application performance, code re-use, security, and integrity. DB2 has offered an ever improving support for developing and operating stored procedures. DB2’s enhancements are related to tooling, language support, system environment, and have opened new possibilities for secure, highly portable applications in line with the e-business strategy of today's organizations.

    In this project we show how to develop stored procedures in several languages; we explore the new functions available for the z/OS platform deployment; and provide recommendations on setting up and tuning the appropriate stored procedure environment. The functions we have investigated include setting up the WLM environments, nesting stored procedure, invoking COBOL, C, REXX, SQL language programs, accounting, debugging options, special registers, and diagnostics. We have also set up, developed, and debugged Java stored procedures with the new Java universal driver in a DB2 for z/OS Version 8 environment. A chapter is devoted to DB2-supplied stored procedures. They can be used for almost all of a DBA’s tasks.

    We start with the basic information, which is useful for the reader who is just beginning with stored procedures, but we also deal with more detailed and recent functionalities, which will be of interest for the more advanced users.

    Table of Contents

    Part 1. Introduction

    Chapter 1. Importance of stored procedures

    Chapter 2. Stored procedures overview

    Chapter 3. Our case study

    Part 2. Operating environment

    Chapter 4. Setting up and managing Workload Manager

    Chapter 5. Language Environment set up

    Chapter 6. RRSAF

    Chapter 7. Security and authorization

    Chapter 8. Operational issues

    Part 3. Developing stored procedure

    Chapter 9. Defining stored procedures

    Chapter 10. COBOL programming

    Chapter 11. C programming

    Chapter 12. REXX programming

    Chapter 13. Debugging

    Chapter 14. SQL Procedures language

    Chapter 15. Remote stored procedure calls

    Chapter 16. Code level management

    Part 4. Java stored procedures

    Chapter 17. Building Java stored procedures

    Chapter 18. Using the new Universal Driver

    Part 5. Performance

    Chapter 19. General performance considerations

    Chapter 20. Server address space management

    Chapter 21. I/O performance management

    Part 6. Extending the functions

    Chapter 22. Enhancements to stored procedures with DB2 V8

    Chapter 23. Developing multi-threaded stored procedures in C language

    Chapter 24. Accessing CICS and IMS

    Chapter 25. DB2-supplied stored procedures

    Chapter 26. Using LOBs

    Chapter 27. Using triggers and UDFs

    Part 7. Cool tools for an easier life

    Chapter 28. Tools for debugging DB2 stored procedures

    Chapter 29. The DB2 Development Center

    Chapter 30. Using WSAD to debug Java stored procedures converted to Java applications

    Part 8. Appendixes

    Appendix A. Frequently asked questions

    Appendix B. Samples for using DB2-supplied stored procedures

    Appendix C. Additional material

     

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