Ibm Db2
DB2 Developer's Guide (5th Edition)
Format: Paperback
Author: Craig S. Mullins
ReleaseDate: 11 May, 2004
Publisher: Sams
Rating:
Very extensive
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IBM invented relational databases and its DB2 is one of the company's core technologies. [A review of the 5th EDITION 2004. While it trails Oracle in market share, the capabilities as shown here by Mullins are probably at least the equal of Oracle's 10g.
This book is designed for a full time DB2 administrator or developer, who needs an extensive reference on it. It's fair to say that you would not want to learn the theory of relational databases from this book. Sadly, there is only one, passing reference to E F Codd, in the context of normalisation of data. Minimal acknowledgment of the founder of relational modelling. Seek a learning of theory elsewhere.
Instead, the book focuses on all the options built into DB2. By now, possibly person-centuries of IBM's programmer sweat have gone int this latest version 8. You can take advantage of this accrued expertise. Though the time needed to absorb a chapter may be nontrivial. .
Great Reference Book 
. This book was very useful in providing me a greater understanding of the material.
A great book for a DB2 professional.
This book will take you from the basics to the intricate details about DB2 internals. If you are a savvy DB2 developer/DBA, you ought to own this book. It also talks about data warehousing briefly so one can get an idea.
If you work with DB2 then you should own this book as a handy reference. I have benefitted with this book a lot and I would like to thank Craig for that!!! Craig keep writing.
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