Chapter 13. Program Preparation

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Program Preparation Steps

• Running a DB2 Program

• Preparing a DB2 Program

• What Is a DBRM?

• What Is a Plan?

• What Is a Package?

• What Is a Collection?

• Versions

• Program Preparation Objects

• Program Preparation Guidelines

• DCLGEN Guidelines Guidelines

• Precompiler Guidelines

• BIND Guidelines Guidelines

• Linkage Editor Guidelines

A DB2 application program must go through a process known as program preparation before it can run successfully. This chapter describes this procedure and its components . Accompanying guidelines for program preparation are provided, including the following:

• Choosing program preparation options to achieve optimum performance

• Plan and package management

• Preparing programs with minimum down time