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.