Beginning DB2: From Novice to Professional

Chapter 3. DB2 Wizards: The Fast Path to Working with Your New Database

One of the big factors that led to database administration being considered as some form of arcane magic was the historic lack of tools that existed to help normal people, like you and me, do the kinds of work that we wanted to do with a database without having to learn inscrutable or cryptic commands.

Thanks to fierce competition in the database market, there has been an explosion in graphical tools, wizards, and guides that help you get the job done. Even better, many of these tools now provide you the option of telling them what you want done ("give me more room to store my data" or "make this task run when things are quiet") instead of having to guess all the various commands ...