A Complete Guide to DB2 Universal Database
Published on 27. August 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
816 pages
978-1-55860-482-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
1600 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55860-482-7 (9781558604827)
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Don Chamberlin is a member of the DB2 development team at the IBM Almaden Research Center, and an adjunct professor of computer engineering at Santa Clara University. Dr. Chamberlin is co-inventor of the original SQL database language. He is an ACM Fellow, a member of the National Academy of Engineering and holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
Content
1. Introduction
2. Basics
3. Interactive SQL
4. Static SQL
5. Query Power
6. Datatypes and Functions
7. Active Data
8. Dynamic SQL
9. Stored Procedures
10. Database Administration
Appendix A: Special Registers
Appendix B: Functions
Appendix C: Typecodes
Appendix D: System Catalog Tables
Appendix E: Syntax for Host Variable Declarations in C and C++
Appendix F: IBM Publications
2. Basics
3. Interactive SQL
4. Static SQL
5. Query Power
6. Datatypes and Functions
7. Active Data
8. Dynamic SQL
9. Stored Procedures
10. Database Administration
Appendix A: Special Registers
Appendix B: Functions
Appendix C: Typecodes
Appendix D: System Catalog Tables
Appendix E: Syntax for Host Variable Declarations in C and C++
Appendix F: IBM Publications