DB2's LOAD Utility

The tables used in our DB2 courses tend to be very small, with ten to twenty rows per
table. Under these conditions, it is appropriate to use the INSERT command to add rows
to a table. For example,

INSERT INTO BQ01.EMPL VALUES

('211', 'DAYLEY', 'BRIAN', 'A', 6.00, 'H');

The problem with the INSERT command is that it can only insert one row at a time.
Clearly, this is not realistic for most production databases. But there is an alternative: the
LOAD utility. This utility allows you to specify a sequential data set and its layout, then
the records of that data set are inserted as rows in the table.

For example, given the following data set named BQ01.TRAINING.DATA(EMPL):

----+----1----+----2----+----3
211DAYLEY BRIAN A00600H
270DAYLEY CINDY B30000S
601STEELE DOUG A00500H
719ALFORD BRIAN B00450H
828GOYAK DEBBIE A32000S
857ALFORD MARK B00500H

the following JCL could be used to load the data into DB2 table BQ01.EMPL:

//jobcard
//UTIL EXEC DSNUPROC,SYSTEM=DB2A,UID='TEMP',UTPROC=''
//DSNUPROC.SYSREC DD DSN=BQ01.TRAINING.DATA(EMPL),DISP=SHR
//DSNUPROC.SYSIN DD *
LOAD DATA
RESUME YES
INTO TABLE BQ01.EMPL
( ENUM POSITION(1) CHAR(3) ,
LNAME POSITION(4) CHAR(10) ,
FNAME POSITION(14) CHAR(10) ,
DEPT POSITION(24) CHAR(1) ,
RATE POSITION(25) DECIMAL EXTERNAL (5,2),
TYPE POSITION(30) CHAR(1) )
Notes

 The DB2 Utilities panel will generate the JCL for you.
 SYSTEM=DB2A identifies the DB2A as the DB2 subsystem id (SSID).
 RESUME YES means records should be appended to existing rows.

For more information, check the web. A Google® search on "DB2 LOAD UTILITY"
will provide you with plenty of information.

This article was written in response to a question from a client. If you have a question,
please feel free to call us.