DB2 - SQL Alter Database Statement

The SQL ALTER DATABASE statement is used to changes the description of a database.

Database alteration syntax is as follows.

ALTER DATABASE database-name
      BUFFERPOOL bp-name
      INDEXBP bp-name
      STOGROUP stogroup-name
      CCSID ASCII/EBCDIC/UNICODE

Example 1:

Change the default buffer pool for both table spaces and indexes within database ABCDE to BP2.

ALTER DATABASE ABCDE
      BUFFERPOOL BP2
      INDEXBP BP2;

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