Understanding DB2: Learning Visually with Examples (2nd Edition)

Chong, Raul F., Wang, Xiaomei, Dang, Michael, Snow, Dwaine

ISBN 10: 0131580183 / ISBN 13: 9780131580183

Editore: IBM Press, 2008

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Titolo: Understanding DB2: Learning Visually with ...

Casa editrice: IBM Press

Data di pubblicazione: 2008

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: New

Edizione: seconda edizione

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The Easy, Visual Way to Master IBM® DB2 for Linux®, UNIX®, and Windows®—Fully Updated for Version 9.5

IBM DB2 9 and DB2 9.5 provide breakthrough capabilities for providing Information on Demand, implementing Web services and Service Oriented Architecture, and streamlining information management. Understanding DB2: Learning Visually with Examples, Second Edition, is the easiest way to master the latest versions of DB2 and apply their full power to your business challenges.

Written by four IBM DB2 experts, this book introduces key concepts with dozens of examples drawn from the authors' experience working with DB2 in enterprise environments. Thoroughly updated for DB2 9.5, it covers new innovations ranging from manageability to performance and XML support to API integration. Each concept is presented with easy-to-understand screenshots, diagrams, charts, and tables.

This book is for everyone who works with DB2: database administrators, system administrators, developers, and consultants. With hundreds of well-designed review questions and answers, it will also help professionals prepare for the IBM DB2 Certification Exams 730, 731, or 736.

Coverage includes

• Choosing the right version of DB2 for your needs

• Installing and configuring DB2

• Understanding the DB2 environment, instances, and databases

• Establishing client and server connectivity

• Working with database objects

• Utilizing breakthrough pureXML™ technology, which provides for nativeXML support

• Mastering administration, maintenance, performance optimization, troubleshooting, and recovery

• Understanding improvements in the DB2 process, memory, and storage models

• Implementing effective database security

• Leveraging the power of SQL and XQuery

Informazioni sull?autore:

Raul F. Chong, DB2 on Campus Program Manager at the IBM Toronto Laboratory, is a DB2 Certified Solutions Expert in administration and application development with ten years of experience in DB2. He has helped customers resolve DB2 migration, performance, and design issues; developed new DB2 solutions; taught DB2 workshops; contributed to DB2 exam tutorials; and was the lead author of the first edition of Understanding DB2.

Xiaomei Wang, a technical consultant at the IBM Toronto Laboratory, has nine years of DB2 experience. She has handled critical DB2 customer and business partner situations worldwide.

Michael Dang, DB2 Technical Sales Specialist, specializes in solution design, database sizing, product licensing, and Balanced Warehouse configurations. He formerly served as a DB2 Support Analyst and spent seven years as a DB2 DBA.

Dwaine R. Snow, DB2 Senior Product Manager, has worked with DB2 for seventeen years. He is the coauthor of Advanced DBA Certification Guide and Reference for DB2 Universal Database for Linux, UNIX, and Windows, DB2 UDB for Windows, and the first edition of Understanding DB2.