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Batch application
This is a program prepared and compiled to run in a batch partition. So it is
executed in an own address space together with the batch resource adapter.
Any SQL statements issued by this application are routed to the DBMS.
The purpose of a batch application is to execute process logic that does not
need interactive communication with the user such as bulk data updates or
generating reports from the database.
12.7.6 Database administration
Database administrators are primarily responsible for specific databases in the
subsystem. In companies, DBAs are given the special authorization
DBA, which
gives them the ability to do almost everything in the DB2 subsystem, and giv