Types of Users

This manual is written for the following users:

• Database-application programmers
• DataBlade module developers
• Java UDR developers
• Java server application developers

This manual assumes that you have basic knowledge in the following areas:

• Your computer, your operating system, and the utilities that your operating system provides
• Object-relational databases or exposure to database concepts
• The Java language and the Java Developer's Kit
• Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), which is a Java application programming interface to SQL databases
• SQLJ: SQL Routines specification, which specifies the Java binding of SQL UDRs

If you have limited experience with object-relational databases, SQL, or your operating system, refer to IBM Informix: Dynamic Server Getting Started Guide for a list of supplementary titles.