DB2(R) Express: Easy Development and Administration

by Paul Yip and Kit Man Cheung

IBM DB2 UDB Express Edition Version 8.2 delivers everything small to medium-sized businesses need to accelerate time-to-value and dramatically reduce TCO in their database applications. This book cuts... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131463977
• ISBN13: 9780131463974
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: IBM Press
• Length: 467 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book for developers/DBAs new to DB2

If you are a developer or DBA who is new to DB2, I would highly recommend this book to you. Both administration and development topics are covered, helpful best practices and tips are included, and illustrative examples are used. The fundamental DB2 concepts and the different DB2 tools such as the Control Center are introduced in a very straightforward and easy-to-understand manner. This allows DB2-newbies to get fully up to speed on DB2 terminology and functionality, while serving as a gentle refresher for those who might have prior DB2 experience. The book achieves a good balance of topic selection and level of detail. More advance topics that are covered are explained in a manner that most novices would comprehend and in enough detail to be useful. The prime focus of the book is on leveraging the ease-of-use and autonomic capabilities of DB2. If you are a developer not wanting to memorize database and/or SQL command syntax, you will particularly appreciate this book. The book shows how most common administrative tasks can be very easily performed using the GUI tools and Wizards provided with DB2. Ease of application development is demonstrated in both Java and Microsoft .net environments. An easy and intuitive introduction to DB2 SQLPL is also provided. Overall, I think that if you are new to DB2, or need to learn the essential concepts/features needed to develop and/or administer DB2 quickly, you will be very pleased with this book. It is a perfect starting point for introducing the most important concepts, features, and tools. As you gain more experience and familiarity with the product, a more advanced book can be obtained.

DB2 SQL Procedural Language for Linux, UNIX, and Windows

Conversational in tone, interesting to follow, this book reads more like a novel that keeps you turning pages with avid interest rather than another dry "technical" resource. As someone who deals with SQL PL on an almost daily basis, I was pleasantly surprised to find I learned many things going through this book. The authors don't try to cover every tangent on the subject, and end up with an excellent resource with specific examples that deal with the topic it covers well: DB2 UDB SQL PL.

Excellent Book

Excellent Book! . This book has much awaited, much needed information on SQL Stored Procedures. A must read for DBAs and DB2 Developers.

DB2 SQL Procedural Language for Linux, Unix and Windows

As I stood in line to buy this book I wondered - Am I doing the right thing in buying this book, based on just one rave review? But, now I have absolutely no regrets. Very lucid and worth the money and time you spend on this. I have read about 6 chapters and I like it. I hope to enjoy the rest and try the software as well.

The Fastest Path to Mastering DB2 Stored Procedures

This comprehensive yet concise introduction to DB2's SQL procedural language is the first and best place to find guidance on this crucial topic. Stored procedures are fast becoming the mainstay of successful client/server and Web-based DB2 applications, and this book WILL teach you how to develop them, even if all you currently know is just a bit of SQL.Written by DB2 experts from the IBM Toronto Labs, this is one of those rare texts that actually imparts expertise. It is eminently readable and crystal clear in its explanations of concepts and their application.Any and every developer of DB2 stored procedures should read -- and enjoy -- this book