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Getting Started with IBM Data Studio for DB2

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Preface<br />

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Keeping your skills current in today's world is becoming increasingly challenging. There are<br />

too many new technologies being developed, and little time to learn them all. The <strong>DB2</strong> on<br />

Campus Book Series has been developed to minimize the time and ef<strong>for</strong>t required to learn<br />

many of these new technologies.<br />

Who should read this book?<br />

This book is intended <strong>for</strong> anyone who needs to learn the basics of database administration<br />

and development using <strong>Data</strong> <strong>Studio</strong>, the Eclipse-based tool provided at no charge. It<br />

replaces previous generation tools, such as Developer workbench and <strong>DB2</strong> Control<br />

Center. The <strong>DB2</strong> Control Center and other <strong>DB2</strong> tools are deprecated in <strong>DB2</strong> 9.7, so it is<br />

important to become familiar <strong>with</strong> <strong>Data</strong> <strong>Studio</strong> and related products. The Version 3.1<br />

release of <strong>IBM</strong> <strong>Data</strong> <strong>Studio</strong> incorporates the advanced features previously available only in<br />

Optim <strong>Data</strong>base Administrator and Optim Development <strong>Studio</strong>, making it much more<br />

powerful <strong>for</strong> database development and administration.<br />

Note:<br />

This book assumes you have a basic knowledge of <strong>DB2</strong>. For more in<strong>for</strong>mation about<br />

<strong>DB2</strong>, see <strong>Getting</strong> <strong>Started</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>DB2</strong> Express-C or the <strong>DB2</strong> In<strong>for</strong>mation Center here:<br />

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v10r1/index.jsp<br />

A note about the third edition<br />

Big changes have happened <strong>with</strong> <strong>IBM</strong> <strong>Data</strong> <strong>Studio</strong> since the first edition of this book was<br />

written. The second edition of this book was updated to cover the capabilities that were<br />

previously only available in priced versions of the database tools and have since been<br />

consolidated into <strong>IBM</strong> <strong>Data</strong> <strong>Studio</strong> at no charge. This includes enhancements to the<br />

database management capabilities, such as advanced change management, as well as<br />

advanced development capabilities such as pureQuery. (Since pureQuery is the subject of<br />

another <strong>Getting</strong> <strong>Started</strong> book, we did not cover that in this edition.) Content about basic<br />

query tuning and the web console, previously known as the <strong>Data</strong> <strong>Studio</strong> Health Monitor<br />

were also added in the second edition. For the third edition, this book was revised to cover<br />

the database support <strong>for</strong> <strong>DB2</strong> V10.1 <strong>for</strong> Linux, UNIX, and Windows as well as the<br />

enhancements to the <strong>Data</strong> <strong>Studio</strong> V3.1.1.

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