Shrink your database using DB2 9 for Linux

This tutorial takes you through a series of exercises to familiarize you with this new dictionary-based row compression feature. The tutorial is intended for DB2 technical specialists, database administrators, and programmers. You should have a good understanding of DB2 on Linux, UNIX, and Windows. You should also be familiar with the DB2 Command Window and running DB2 LUW scripts.

IBM DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX and Windows includes a new dictionary-based row compression feature you can use to compress data objects. When you compress data, you achieve disk storage space savings by representing the same data using fewer database pages. Large tables with rows that contain repetitive patterns will benefit from this feature.

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