This guide to DB2, written by a DB2 authority, is intended for database administrators and applications programmers. It shows how to implement optimised DB2 application systems.

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Learn the best techniques and tricks from expert author Craig Mullins. Apply these real-world pieces of advice, undocumented tips, solutions, projects, and techniques to your own database management system. Mullins gives you what you need to take your DB2 development to the next level.

Written by a developer for developers, DB2 Developer�s Guide, Fifth Edition provides a solutions-oriented approach to learning the foundation and capabilities of this latest version of the world�s number one database management system.

LEARN THE CONCEPTS AND BUILD THE APPLICATIONS

Implement innovative shortcuts, tips, tricks, techniques, and development guidelines to optimize all facets of DB2 development and administration
Understand the guidelines for binding DB2 application plans and packages
Use expert advice to implement distributed DB2 applications
Connect your DB2 databases to the World Wide Web
Review exhaustive coverage of V6 topics�including triggers, user-defined functions, stored procedure extensions, predictive governing, hiperspace bufferpools, the REBUILD utility, the DSSIZE parameter, user-defined distinct types, auxiliary tables, and more
Read implementation information and guidance for large objects to store multimedia data�such as audio, video, and images�in your DB2 for OS/390 databases (BLOBs, CLOBs, DBCLOBs, and DB2 extenders)
Learn how and why to use the new EXPLAIN tables - DSN_STATEMNT_TABLE and DSN_FUNCTION_TABLE
Discover how to implement a procedural DBA function to manage triggers, stored procedures, and UDFs

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