

Series: IBM DB2 Certification Guide Series
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (December 24, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0131007726
ISBN-13: 978-0131007727
Product Dimensions: 7 x 1 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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This comprehensive yet concise introduction to DB2's SQL procedural language is the first and best place to find guidance on this crucial topic. Stored procedures are fast becoming the mainstay of successful client/server and Web-based DB2 applications, and this book WILL teach you how to develop them, even if all you currently know is just a bit of SQL.Written by DB2 experts from the IBM Toronto Labs, this is one of those rare texts that actually imparts expertise. It is eminently readable and crystal clear in its explanations of concepts and their application.Any and every developer of DB2 stored procedures should read -- and enjoy -- this book
Conversational in tone, interesting to follow, this book reads more like a novel that keeps you turning pages with avid interest rather than another dry "technical" resource. As someone who deals with SQL PL on an almost daily basis, I was pleasantly surprised to find I learned many things going through this book. The authors don't try to cover every tangent on the subject, and end up with an excellent resource with specific examples that deal with the topic it covers well: DB2 UDB SQL PL.
As I stood in line to buy this book I wondered - Am I doing the right thing in buying this book, based on just one rave review? But, now I have absolutely no regrets. Very lucid and worth the money and time you spend on this. I have read about 6 chapters and I like it. I hope to enjoy the rest and try the software as well.
I should point out here that it is a good book, and I should have ordered the later edition that added material that was more apt for my programming platform, the current generation of which is "IBM i".I still cut out two stars because this is a major slight in general writing about Information Technology. The IBM i on Power Servers is an operating system platform that has been a ubiquitous presence in small and midsize business, but IT Media and IT Academia have given it some gross negligence. It just keeps ticking on, so it's like the business equivalent of your heart. Absolutely vital for your business, never stops, never goes down, bugs and viruses look for easier targets, massive numbers of banks run on them, but the platform runs so well it becomes part of the furniture.
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