MaxDB™ Documentation

Getting Started

• Whitepaper: High-level overview
• Concepts: Architecture, user and security concepts, administration and performance
• Glossary: Alphabetical keyword list for experts
• FAQ

MaxDB Library

(Last updated in October 2006)

The MaxDB library contains the complete MaxDB documentation.

• Read the documentation online
• Download as plain HTML (platform independent, 4 MB): English, German
• Download as HTMLHelp (full text search and print-optimized, 5 MB): English, German

Previous documentation versions are available from the archive.

Expert Shortcuts

• Performance Tuning
• DBMCLI Command List
• SQL Syntax List
  for SQL Training see also: www.sqlcourse.com and www.sqlcourse2.com

MaxDB Tutorials

• Database Administration Tutorial: Selected administrative tasks explained step by step
• SQL Tutorial: Using SQL with MaxDB
• Loader Tutorial: Introduction to the Loader commands for exporting and importing data

Community Contributions

Here is some good MaxDB documentation provided by the MaxDB community. We wish to promote these contributions, but please note that neither MySQL AB nor SAP AG are responsible in any way for the content or accuracy of this documentation.

• Martin Cordova:
  MaxDB on OPENSuSE: Setup and Administration (November 2005)
• Jürgen Höhe:
  Considerations on the migration from ADABAS D to MaxDB (PDF, 28 KB)

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