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Appendix B, Use of Uppercase Versus Lowercase in DB2, for a detailed discussion of this.)

Database object names used in our examples are shown in italics. For example: The

country table has five columns.

Italics are also used for variable names in the syntax of a command or statement. If the variable name has more than one word, it is joined with an underscore. For example:

CREATE SEQUENCE

sequence_name

Where a concept of a function is new in DB2 Version 8.2, we signify this with an icon as follows.

Note that the DB2 UDB Version 8.1 Certification Exams do not cover Version 8.2 material.