Customer Reviews

DB2 Universal Database Certification Guide. Second Edition.

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Very good book for the certification exams, and covers just what is required for the exams. But the number of typos needs a very good proof reader and the CD never works.

After completing only two chapters I have become so frustrated with typos and scripts from the CD that don't run, I would put this book on the shelf if there was another option or I could live without learning this technology immediately.

The book was not accurately updated for the new version of DB2 - as evidenced by the CD installation instructions that reference version 1.x and include install instructions for directories that no longer exist on the CD!

The coverage of UDB database analyst functionality is its strength. You don't want to learn SQL syntax nor SQL programming from this text (read "A Complete Guide to DB2 Universal Database" by Don Chamberlin). I found the typos, text that doesn't agree with the figures, and incorrect answer keys, extremely distracting.

The best book on the market for passing the IBM DB2 Certification Exams.

Good content and covers just about everything you need to know.

The sample questions could do with being somewhat different from those that can be found on the IBM web site.

The one flaw is in that it has never been proof read. I have all the errors documented so feel free to contact me if you wish to know. In addition to this some of the examples are wrong and could do with being tested before being placed in the book.

The quality and Quantity of information far outway the errors in the book and I would recommend it if you intend to get yourself certified.

This book is significantly expanded from the first edition. It provides broad coverage of the nuts and bolts of DB2 and is excellent preparation for the IBM DB2 UDB V5 certification exams.

Unfortunately, it is marred by a plethora of typographical errors: there is no improvement here from the first edition.

A good proofreader would have made this an excellent book.

This book is not for the latest version, so be aware of that. I think nevertheless, this book is a great book for going getting started with DB/2 and learning how to use this beast. It has everything from the basics of creating tables to creating triggers and aliases. I'm not sure how it will stack up for passing a certification exam, but before any exam or even study thereof, one should know how to utilize the product in question, and that's where this book comes in. For certification, I would combine this book with another more updated book, and one oriented specifically to passing some test or exam.

Despite being one of the excellent books out there, dropped a star from it, noting the errors and also being out of sync with the current product. I hope that the publisher could post an errata, or come up with a new version with more comphrehensive QA process on the book.

Gotta rate this low, because the book is way out of date. DB2 is currently at 8.2. This talks about 6 and 7.1, for Pete's sake.