Apress - Beginning DB2 From Novice To Professional

Introduction

Welcome to Beginning DB2: From Novice to Professional. This book—which is all about the DB2 relational database management system for Linux, UNIX, and Windows—is designed to get anyone started on the road to mastering DB2. Beginning DB2 is not designed to be a complete reference library for DB2; DB2 is far too large a piece of software for any one book to cover every advanced feature and option. But Beginning DB2 is designed to capture the state of the art in DB2 capabilities and technology, presenting a comprehensive set of introductory and gradually more advanced material to allow anyone to be up and working with DB2 in no time.

Who This Book Is For

This book is for everyone. No, really! I’ll even be sending a copy to my mother. Instead of writing a book just for database administrators, or database developers, or even developers of web and desktop systems that want to use a database, I wrote Beginning DB2 to capture what you need to work DB2 into any environment or development project. Whether you’re a web developer, project manager, avid blogger, or podcasting star, Beginning DB2 will help you take your database work to the next level.