DB2 Universal Database (UDB) supports many different types of applications, on many different kinds of data, in many different software and hardware environments.

This book provides a complete guide to DB2 UDB Version 5 in all its aspects, including the interfaces that support end users, application developers, and database administrators. It is complementary to the IBM product documentation, providing a clear and informal explanation of how the features of DB2 were intended to be used. It is an extensive revision of the author's earlier book, Using the New DB2: IBM's Object-Relational Database System.

* Offers complete and self-contained information, and does not assume prior knowledge of DB2, SQL, or relational database concepts
* Covers elementary principles of database management as well as the advanced features of UDB, including recursive queries, constraints, triggers, user-defined datatypes, stored procedures, parallel databases, and graphical tools for database administration
* Includes dozens of practical tips that will save readers many hours of work in developing database applications
* Provides hundreds of tested examples written in SQL, C, C++, and Java, all of which are available on the MKP web site

Book Info
Provides a complete guide to DB2 UDB Version 5 in all its aspects, including the interfaces that support end users, application developers, & database administrators. Paper. DLC: IBM database.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Worthless, May 14, 2004 Reviewer: A reader Very disappointed with the book, returned it within a week. Written in a rambling and scatter-brained manner, gives no clear details of database creation or errors regarding db2X commands. May be useful for advanced users but Oracle DBA's wanting a quick insight into DB2 database creation and administration, stay away. Goes into other aspects of DB2 very well, but pointless if you are not taught how to create/troubleshoot the damned database in the first place. Was this review helpful to you?  (Report this)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Excellent book for Beginners, May 27, 2003 Reviewer: Chris Spicer (California, USA) - See all my reviews I bought this book when I started out in DB2. It's interesting, humorous style made for easy-reading and I covered most of the book within 2 weeks. This book is not a reference text or a thorough description of the more advanced areas of DB2, but covers the entry level to intermediate levels brilliantly. Was this review helpful to you?  (Report this)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: Good rewrite of basics, advanced stuff not complete, September 16, 2001 Reviewer: "akira238" (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Japan) - See all my reviews As an experienced DBA and DB developer in just about every major DB product except DB2, I was disappointed that there is no book on the market explaining "in DB2, feature A works like this; feature B goes like that; feature C is entirely unique, etc. etc." However, due to the detail and simply great authoring of the chapters regarding basic data management and data definition, everything is revealed to the trained DBA eye. It was a pleasure to read, frankly, but I'm not sure if a beginner would be able to 'read between the lines' as I did. This book would be five stars but for the following problems- the cover seems to have be constructed with tissue paper, and in my opinion the chapters regarding embedded/external language (C, Java, etc.) and DBA administration should be carved out and put in seperate books, where they can be given proper attention. Furthermore, codepages and general management of multilingual characters are simply absent, which is great shame because as far as I can see DB2 has the best management of all the major DB products. I'd really like to know if I'm fully exploiting the 'graphic' (double-byte character) datatype and charset translation features. Was this review helpful to you?  (Report this)

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful: DB2 for UDB Application developers must have this book!, April 27, 2001 Reviewer: "pshimer" (Hollister, CA USA) - See all my reviews Common table expressions and super groups are very well explained in this book, with many detailed examples . The examples progress in a well defined manner. I agree with jbrunton that more Java JDBC and SQLJ examples would be useful. Was this review helpful to you?  (Report this)

1 of 13 people found the following review helpful: Per gli utenti italiani, July 6, 2000 Reviewer: Calogero Bonasia (Italy) - See all my reviews per gli utenti italiani lo consiglio vivamente visto che la ibm italiana non si degna di darci un volume in italiano... Was this review helpful to you?  (Report this)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: ...A carry-on item., April 12, 2000 Reviewer: "greg_n" (San Dimas, California United States) - See all my reviews Don's "A Complete Guide..." is both, TOP-SHELF; and a CARRY-ON ITEM (wgth:28.35ozs, 1,347grams). Don and his editorial team have achieved an enjoyable; comprehensive; and succinct treatment of DB2/UDB in a mere 767 pages. More than just a great guide, Don gives us glorious insights into our burgeonning world of multi-Domain Enterprise Servers, --so anyone involved in learning more about the "Open" approach will enjoy it. The Table of Contents reads as a Primary-Menu to the evolving family of DB2 system products and provides very nice gleanings of the emerging SQL3 forward posture. DB2 professionals will likely be packing their own personalized-annotated copies along with their lap-tops and backup tooth brushes. Was this review helpful to you?  (Report this)

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