Starting DB2

Name of the client	db2 - also known as the Command Line Processor (CLP)
Typical command line to start the client	. /home/db2inst1/sqllib/db2profile db2 connect to scott db2inst1 This is the "instance" - a unix user account. The super user who owns all the files and processes. scott scott is a unix account name and the name of the database. The instance user can issue create database scott (this takes nearly 3 minutes to complete on my superfast machine.) The database scott seems to be owned by the unix user scott without any further action. no passwords The system seems to rely on unix user accounts.
Useful commands	list tables describe table cia ?
Beware!	No semi colons.