DB2(R) Express: Easy Development and Administration [Hardcover]

Paul Yip (Author), Kit Man Cheung (Author), Jason Gartner (Author), Clara Liu (Author), Stephen O'Connell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 8, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0131463977 | ISBN-13: 978-0131463974

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. Now, IBM's own experts show exactly how to get started with DB2 Express, and use it to develop, deploy, and manage superior applications from start to finish.

Like DB2 Express itself, this book cuts out the complexity--helping you achieve the full business benefits of today's most advanced database platform simply and quickly. You'll find step-by-step guidance and expert tips for every facet of DB2 Express development and administration, including: application design; development with both Visual Basic .NET and Java; security; deployment; performance tuning; day-to-day administration; and more.

IBM's own DB2 specialists demonstrate how to use DB2 Express' graphical tools to manage DB2 more easily than any other full-function relational database. Along the way, they help you make the most of DB2 Express' powerful "autonomic" features for self-administration, self-tuning, and self-healing to drive down costs throughout the entire application lifecycle.

This book will help you:

• Understand DB2 Express architecture and its implications for development and administration
• Install DB2 Express, create databases, and master essential DB2 Express tools
• Work with database objects: schemas, data types, tables, relationships, views, and indexes
• Develop VB.NET applications with ADO.NET and the DB2 .NET Data Provider
• Develop Java applications with JDBC and SQLJ
• Leverage DB2's concurrency model to design efficient transactions and improve user experience
• Introduce database functions, stored procedures, and triggers to improve application design
• Generate and manipulate data efficiently: LOAD, IMPORT, exporting to Microsoft Excel, reporting, and more
• Tune performance: optimize your configuration, analyze SQL with Visual Explain, and optimize SQL with Design Advisor
• Secure your applications: authentication, authorization, group privileges, and more
• Deploy to production, and master silent DB2 installations
• Define a solid database maintenance plan that fully leverages DB2 Express autonomic features
• Troubleshoot DB2 Express and avoid common pitfalls

Whether you're a developer, administrator, IT manager, or end-user, this definitive single-source guide will help you achieve results fast... and maximize DB2 Express' business value, every step of the way.

0131463977B08252004

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From the Back Cover

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. Now, IBM's own experts show exactly how to get started with DB2 Express, and use it to develop, deploy, and manage superior applications from start to finish.

Like DB2 Express itself, this book cuts out the complexity--helping you achieve the full business benefits of today's most advanced database platform simply and quickly. You'll find step-by-step guidance and expert tips for every facet of DB2 Express development and administration, including: application design; development with both Visual Basic .NET and Java; security; deployment; performance tuning; day-to-day administration; and more.

IBM's own DB2 specialists demonstrate how to use DB2 Express' graphical tools to manage DB2 more easily than any other full-function relational database. Along the way, they help you make the most of DB2 Express' powerful "autonomic" features for self-administration, self-tuning, and self-healing to drive down costs throughout the entire application lifecycle.

This book will help you:

• Understand DB2 Express architecture and its implications for development and administration
• Install DB2 Express, create databases, and master essential DB2 Express tools
• Work with database objects: schemas, data types, tables, relationships, views, and indexes
• Develop VB.NET applications with ADO.NET and the DB2 .NET Data Provider
• Develop Java applications with JDBC and SQLJ
• Leverage DB2's concurrency model to design efficient transactions and improve user experience
• Introduce database functions, stored procedures, and triggers to improve application design
• Generate and manipulate data efficiently: LOAD, IMPORT, exporting to Microsoft Excel, reporting, and more
• Tune performance: optimize your configuration, analyze SQL with Visual Explain, and optimize SQL with Design Advisor
• Secure your applications: authentication, authorization, group privileges, and more
• Deploy to production, and master silent DB2 installations
• Define a solid database maintenance plan that fully leverages DB2 Express autonomic features
• Troubleshoot DB2 Express and avoid common pitfalls

Whether you're a developer, administrator, IT manager, or end-user, this definitive single-source guide will help you achieve results fast... and maximize DB2 Express' business value, every step of the way.

0131463977B08252004

About the Author

Paul Yip is a database consultant at IBM Canada. As a member of IBM™s Channel and Partner Enablement Team, he works closely with partners, ISVs, and integrators to develop and tune third-party products for DB2. He coauthored DB2 SQL Procedure Language for Linux, UNIX and Windows (Prentice Hall, 2003) with Clara Liu.

Kit Man Cheung, member of IBM's DB2 Tools Development Team, has deep technical insight into DB2 Version 8.2's new GUI tools.

Jason Gartner, member of IBM's DB2 Tools Development Team, has deep technical insight into DB2 Version 8.2's new GUI tools. He is Development Manager for DB2 administration tools.

Clara Liu is a database consultant at the IBM Toronto Lab. She works with a variety of IBM partners and customers on projects utilizing DB2 Universal Database.

Stephen O'Connell, member of IBM's DB2 User-Centered Design Team, has worked on the DB2 Web client and many other IBM-wide DB2 initiatives.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 496 pages
• Publisher: IBM Press (October 8, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131463977
• ISBN-13: 978-0131463974
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,478,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for developers/DBAs new to DB2, October 22, 2004

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Ted J. Wasserman (Long Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DB2(R) Express: Easy Development and Administration (Hardcover)

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.

5.0 out of 5 stars Stored Procedure / UDF IBM reference, January 29, 2012

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Robert Pyles (Mt. Zion, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DB2® Express: Easy Development and Administration (paperback) (Paperback)

This is a great reference for z/OS PL/SQL code. LUW and iSeries is also contained. Differences between the systems are identified. The z/OS information was needed for new job assignments. Information provided allowed for quick assimilation to different code requirements. Other team members have used the book for reference purposes.