Types of Users

This manual is written for the following users:

• Database users
• Database administrators
• Database server administrators
• Performance engineers
• Programmers in the following categories
  • Application developers
  • DataBlade module developers
  • Authors of user-defined routines

This manual is written with the assumption that you have the following background:

• A working knowledge of your computer, your operating system, and the utilities that your operating system provides
• Some experience working with relational databases or exposure to database concepts
• Some experience with computer programming
• Some experience with database server administration, operating-system administration, or network administration

If you have limited experience with relational databases, SQL, or your operating system, see the IBM Informix Dynamic Server Getting Started Guide for your database server for a list of supplementary titles.