Shrink your database using DB2 9 for Linux

This tutorial is written for Linux or UNIX programmers whose skills and experience are at a beginning to intermediate level. You should have a general familiarity with using a UNIX command-line shell and a working knowledge of the C language.

This tutorial also 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. Familiarize yourself with this new feature with a series of exercises in this tutorial.

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