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DB2 Developer's Guide (5th Edition)

Craig S. Mullins

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Marketshare for DB2 has been growing steadily over the past 5 years and with the announcement of DB2 Universal Database V8 (T-Rex), the product has never had more momentum. DB2 owns about 30 percent of the database market--the same as Oracle. Not only is the product used in many Fortune 500 companies, but it is becoming very popular in small to medium sized businesses as well. This book provides the reader with a comprehensive reference and research tool for DB2 for the mainframe. Official material is awkwardly written, spans over a dozen manuals in PDF format, and lacks real-world guidance. Author, Craig Mullins, consistently hears from readers of past editions that they rely on this book as their primary reference for DB2. Craig Mullins is constantly being asked when it will support a new release. "This is an excellent book . . . It is chock full of DB2 technical information, design and tuning approaches and database administration guidelines . . .Mullins seems to have dumped his entire DB2 life experience into DB2 Developer's Guide."- Jonathon Sayles in Relational Database Journal.

DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Advanced Database Administration Certification: Certification Study Guide

Roger E. Sanders, Dwaine R Snow

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Database administrators versed in DB2 wanting to learn more about advanced database administration activities and students wishing to gain knowledge to help them pass the DB2 9 UDB Advanced DBA certification exam will find this exhaustive reference invaluable. Written by two individuals who were part of the team that developed the certification exam, this comprehensive study guide prepares the student for challenging questions on database design; data partitioning and clustering; high availability diagnostics; performance and scalability; security and encryption; connectivity and networking; and much more. Providing sample questions in each chapter, a complete practice test modeled after the actual exam, and an extensive answer key providing full explanations for each correct answer, readers will find this to be a key resource in stimulating the learning process.

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

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

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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

DB2 for the COBOL Programmer, Part 1, 2nd Ed.

Curtis Garvin, Steve Eckols

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All You Need To Learn DB2 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is an excellent resource for all those baffled programmers who need to learn DB2 fast. Thos book provides clear-cut examples, syntax, and the results of the various SQL commands that are most likely to be needed by any programmer. All the basics from simple SELECT statements are covered all the way up to ORDER BY clauses, joins and so on. A special chapter on using SPUFI was also a big help. The emphasis here is on the COBOL language and mainframe computers, but it is an excellent learning tool for anyone. The book teaches by example and can be finished easily within a week (The example programs are what make it look so big). A must-read for anyone interested in relationall databases.

Editorial Review:

This book makes it easy for you to master the essentials of DB2 programming. Written from the programmer's point of view, it focuses right from the start on what you need to know to access and process DB2 data in your application programs using embedded SQL

You'll learn: the basics of how DB2 works so you can program more easily and logically...how to design and code DB2 programs...how to use inner joins, outer joins, and unions to combine data from two or more tables...how to use column functions to extract summary data from a table...how to work with variable-length data and nulls...how to use error handling techniques and ROLLBACK to protect DB2 data...how to use locking and concurrency features so you don't tie up the whole system...how to develop DB2 programs interactively (using DB2I, a TSO facility) or in batch...how to create test data using SPUFI and QMF...and more!

DB2 9 Fundamentals Certification Study Guide

Roger E. Sanders

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All you need to get your certification 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This was the main resource I used to pass the certification. For a technical book it remains quite readable. Because the author was also involved in writing the exam, if you study diligently then you will not be caught with your pants down when taking the actual test. It's worth every penny.

Very good to apply in Real-time, Just not enuf to clear the toughest version of Test! 3 out of 5 stars.
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I appeared today for my exam and felt like i was hit by storm after carefully reading this book thrice. I certainly agree its a very good resource for understanding concept, but not completely informative to clear the exam. I would rather want to say that the questions i appeared for were not the the typical ones, rather had some tough tone to it. Whichever way, my advise would be carry few other valuable resources and try practicing as much as possible before your actual test.

Editorial Review:

Starting with the certification process itself and ending with the concept of isolation levels and locking, this guide covers everything needed to know to pass the DB2 9 Fundamentals Certification Exam (Exam 730). The prerequisite for all intermediate and follow-on DB2 certifications, XML usage, basic table creation, a rich set of sample questions, and detailed answers are all included, forming the foundation for understanding the newest version of IBM’s flagship database product. Regardless of what future certification path the reader is planning on pursuing, this study guide will chart a course for proficiency in DB2 9.

DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration: Certification Study Guide

Roger E. Sanders

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In DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification Study Guide, Roger E. Sanders—one of the world’s leading DB2 authors and an active participant in the development of IBM’s DB2 certification exams—covers everything a reader needs to know to pass the DB2 9 UDB DBA Certification Test (731).



This comprehensive study guide steps you through all of the topics that are covered on the test, including server management, data placement, database access, analyzing DB2 activity, DB2 utilities, high availability, security, and much more. Each chapter contains an extensive set of practice questions along with carefully explained answers.



Taking and passing the DB2 9 UDB DBA Certification Test (731) provides validation that you have mastered the next level of DB2 9. Passing this exam also earns you the IBM Certified Database Administrator certification. The book includes a complete practice test of 150 questions that closely models the actual exam along with an answer key with a full description of why the answer is the correct one. No other source gives you this much help in passing the exam.



With the DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification Study Guide 8, you will:



• Gain the knowledge necessary to pass the DB2 9 UDB DBA Certification



• Test (731) Learn how to effectively implement and administer a DB2 database with XML data



• Create, maintain, and administer database objects like tables, views, and indexes



• Receive an explanation of every topic included on the test…by someone involved in the creation of the actual exam



• Find 150 practice questions based on the actual exam’s format and approach, along with comprehensive answers to the test questions to help you gain understanding

Implementing Database Security and Auditing: Includes Examples for Oracle, SQL Server, DB2 UDB, Sybase

Ron Ben Natan

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This book is about database security and auditing. You will learn many methods and techniques that will be helpful in securing, monitoring and auditing database environments. It covers diverse topics that include all aspects of database security and auditing - including network security for databases, authentication and authorization issues, links and replication, database Trojans, etc. You will also learn of vulnerabilities and attacks that exist within various database environments or that have been used to attack databases (and that have since been fixed). These will often be explained to an "internals" level. There are many sections which outline the "anatomy of an attack" - before delving into the details of how to combat such an attack. Equally important, you will learn about the database auditing landscape - both from a business and regulatory requirements perspective as well as from a technical implementation perspective.

* Useful to the database administrator and/or security administrator - regardless of the precise database vendor (or vendors) that you are using within your organization.
* Has a large number of examples - examples that pertain to Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Sybase and even MySQL..
* Many of the techniques you will see in this book will never be described in a manual or a book that is devoted to a certain database product.
* Addressing complex issues must take into account more than just the database and focusing on capabilities that are provided only by the database vendor is not always enough. This book offers a broader view of the database environment - which is not dependent on the database platform - a view that is important to ensure good database security.

DB2 for the COBOL Programmer, Part 2, 2nd Ed.

Curtis Garvin, Anne Prince, Steve Eckols

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This new edition of DB2,Part 2, covers the version 4.1 and 5 enhancements to DB2 so programmers can take advantage of all the new and improved features that help them the most. It presents the advanced skills needed to become a top senior programmer or programmer/analyst.

Specifics covered in the 2nd edition:

How to use stored procedures that move SQL code off of the client and onto the database server to reduce network overhead

How to use dynamic SQL so your programs can generate and execute SQL statements as they run

How data sharing works on the parallel sysplex and other System/390 configurations

How to work with DB2 data, where the data is managed by a DB2 subsystem on a system thats connected over a network

How to process DB2 data in CICS programs

Advanced locking concepts that show how locking and data sharing affect each other and what impact that has on program efficiency

The concepts and practices of DB2 database administration that let the programmer design databases, manage database objectives, and set up a quality assurance environment

DB2 9 for z/OS Database Administration: Certification Study Guide

Susan Lawson, Daniel Luksetich

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In order to become an IBM Certified Database Administrator - DB2 9 DBA for z/OS, you must pass two exams: DB2 9 Fundamentals Exam (Exam 730), and DB2 9 Database Administrator for z/OS (Exam 732)—the primary focus focus of this book.



Written by two members of the team who participated in the actual writing of the exam, this specialized study guide covers every topic that you will need to know to pass Exam 732, including database design and implementation, operation and recovery, security and auditing, performance, as well as installation and migration/upgrade. But that is only the beginning. It also covers the new features of DB2 9 for both database and application development.



This comprehensive guide includes an extensive set of practice questions in each chapter that closely model the actual exam, along with an answer key with a description of why the answer is the correct one. No other source gives you this much help in passing the exam.



Whether you plan to take Exam 732 or just want to master the skills needed to be an effective database administrator on z/OS systems, this is the only book you’ll need.



With the DB2 9 for z/OS Database Administration Certification Study Guide, you will:



• Discover the changes to DB2 9 that you’ll need to know in order to be successful when taking the exam



• Learn how to effectively administer a DB2 database



• Receive an explanation of every objective included on the test…by someone involved in the creation of the actual exam



• Find 85 practice questions based on the actual exam’s format and approach, along with comprehensive answers to help you gain understanding



Publisher’s Note: While this book covers much of the information needed to prepare for Exam 730, a far more in-depth review of topics specifically related to Exam 730 can be found in the MC Press companion book: DB2 9 Fundamentals Certification Study Guide by Roger E. Sanders.

DB2 9 for Developers

Philip K. Gunning

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Written by an "in-the-trenches" consultant, this guide hails the newest version of DB2 as a major release, highlighting the large number of totally new features, most notably the addition of XML capabilities. Packed with the information DB2 developers and administrators need to know when implementing version 9, the discussion covers upgrading from prior releases of DB2, converting relational data to XML data, and how DB2 supports industry standard schemas. With detailed examples and useful scripts, users learn how to develop DB2 XML applications, design an XML database, and tune the DB2 XML hybrid database. Extensive information on DB2 optimization of SQL and XML is a particularly useful feature of the book and includes a rundown on import and export utilities that database managers can use in their own installations. Going far beyond the standard manuals and certification guides, this is a truly comprehensive resource that teaches the "why" and "how" of a well-designed and well-implemented DB2 database.