The Query Management Facility (QMF) product is a database application program that enables you to easily create, change, or retrieve data from a computer database. After you retrieve the data, you can format it into reports or charts.
Using QMF is for new and occasional QMF users. You will find some knowledge of databases helpful, but not necessary. The book introduces you to basic QMF tasks with examples that you can use and adapt for your own work. As you read, you can try the examples in the book with QMF to produce the results described.
This book is designed for use with the QMF Reference manual, which contains detailed information about QMF commands and panels. If you need more information about any topic, see the QMF Reference manual or QMF's extensive online help.
The first part of the book explains basic concepts involved in using QMF to work with databases. The second part of the book explains tasks you can perform with QMF, with step-by-step instructions. The appendixes explain how to use QMF's Query-By-Example feature, show the sample tables that QMF provides, list QMF functions that require specific support, and describe the QMF High Performance Option (HPO).
We created the examples in this book by using QMF with an SQL/DS(TM) database. The results you see in your own environment might be slightly different.