Free Downloadable eBook from IBM Press

Pearson and IBM Press have just published a new eBook on IBM database technology that is available for free download. Just follow this link, provide your e-mail, and they’ll direct you to a PDF containing sample chapters from six recently published books.

The information in the eBook comes from the following books:

• Understanding DB2: Learning Visually With Examples, Second Edition by Chong, Wang, Dang, and Snow - Chapter 2: DB2 at a Glance: The Big Picture
• DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows, Sixth Edition by Baklarz & Zikopoulos - Chapter 8: pureXML Storage Engine
• Understanding DB2 9 Security by Bond, See, Wong & Chan - Chapter 11: Database Security — Keeping It Current
• DB2 SQL PL: Essential Guide for DB2 UDB on Linux, UNIX, Windows, iSeries by Janmohamed, et al - Chapter 3: Overview of SQL PL Language Elements
• Mining the Talk by Spangler & Kreulen - Chapter 5: Mining to Improve Innovation
• An Introduction to IMS by Meltz, et al - Chapter 18: Application Programming in Java

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