IBM GC09-2830-00 manual Accessing Online Help, SmartGuide, Helps You to, How to Access

SmartGuide	Helps You to...	How to Access...
Create Table	Select basic data types, and create a primary	From the Control Center, click with
	key for the table.	the right mouse button on the
		Tables icon and select
		Create->Table using SmartGuide.
Create Table Space	Create a new table space.	From the Control Center, click with
		the right mouse button on the
		Table spaces icon and select
		Create->Table space using
		SmartGuide.

Index	Advise which indexes to create and drop for
	all your queries.

From the Control Center, click with the right mouse button on the Index icon and select Create->Index using SmartGuide.

Performance	Tune the performance of a database by
Con®guration	updating con®guration parameters to match
	your business requirements.

From the Control Center, click with the right mouse button on the database you want to tune and select Con®gure using SmartGuide.

Restore Database Recover a database after a failure. It helps you understand which backup to use, and which logs to replay.

From the Control Center, click with the right mouse button on the database you want to restore and select Restore->Database using SmartGuide.

Accessing Online Help

Online help is available with all DB2 components. The following table describes the various types of help. You can also access DB2 information through the Information Center. For information see ªAccessing Information with the Information Centerº on page 154.

Type of Help Contents How to Access...

Command Help	Explains the syntax of
	commands in the command
	line processor.

From the command line processor in interactive mode, enter:

?command

where command is a keyword or the entire command.

For example, ? catalog displays help for all the CATALOG commands, while ? catalog database

displays help for the CATALOG DATABASE command.

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