Links & Recommendations

Web Sites

• Birchall, Graeme: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/graeme_birchall
• Carl Eric Johnson & Company, Inc.: http://cejco.com
• DB2 Magazine: http://db2mag.com
• IBM: http://ibm.com
• Database and Data Management Library: http://ibm.com/software/data/pubs
• DB2 Product Family: http://ibm.com/software/data/db2
• DB2 Universal Database: http://ibm.com/software/data/db2/udb
• Learning Services: http://ibm.com/services/learning
• PartnerWorld for Developers: http://www.developer.ibm.com
• Redbooks: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com
• Software (including DB2): http://ibm.com/software
• Support: http://ibm.com/support
• International DB2 Users Group: http://idug.org
• Themis, Inc.: http://themisinc.com

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Reference Books

Web Technologies

• Castro, Elizabeth. HTML for the World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide, Fifth Edition. Peachpit Press, 2002. (ISBN 0321130073)

DB2-related

• Birchall, Graeme. DB2 UDB V8.1 SQL Cookbook. Self-published, 2004. It and other resources are available for download from Graeme Birchall’s Web site.
• Chamberlin, Don. A Complete Guide to DB2 Universal Database. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc., 1998. (ISBN 1558604820)
• CMP Media. DB2 Magazine. Sponsored by IBM Corp. Register for a free subscription at http://db2mag.com.
• IBM DB2 Certification Guide series:
• Baklarz, George, and Bill Wong, eds. DB2 Universal Database V8.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification Guide, Fifth Edition. Prentice Hall PTR, 2003. (ISBN 0130463612)
• Brandl, Roman, Diane D. Bullock, Jonathan Cook, Robert Harbus, Calene Janacek, and Vincent Le. The DB2 Universal DRDA Certification Guide. Prentice Hall PTR, 1999. (ISBN 0130824259)
• Janacek, Calene, and Dwaine Snow. DB2 Universal Database Certification Guide, 2nd ed. Prentice Hall PTR, 1997. (ISBN 0130796611)
• Martineau, David, Kevin Gashyna, Michael Kyprianou, and Steve Sanyal, eds. DB2 Universal Database v8.1 Application Development Certification Guide. Pearson Education, 2003. (ISBN 0130463914)
• Snow, Dwaine, and Thomas Xuan Phan. Advanced DBA Certification Guide and Reference: for DB2 Universal Database v8.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows. Prentice Hall PTR, 2003. (ISBN 0130463884)
• Sanders, Roger E. DB2 Universal Database SQL Developer’s Guide. McGraw-Hill, 2000. (ISBN 0071353895)
• Saracco, Cynthia Maro. Universal Database Management: A Guide to Object/Relational Technology. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc., 1998. (ISBN 1558605193)
• Whitehorn, Mark, and Mary Whitehorn. DB2 for Windows NT – Fast. Springer-Verlag London Ltd., 1998. (ISBN 3540762000)

IBM Manuals for DB2 UDB

• Administration Guide:
• Planning (SC09-4822, db2d1e80.pdf)
• Implementation (SC09-4820, db2d2e80.pdf)
• Performance (SC09-4821, db2d3e80.pdf)
• Application Development Guide:
• Programming Client Applications (SC09-4826, db2a1e80.pdf)
• Programming Server Applications (SC09-4827, db2a2e80.pdf)
• Building and Running Applications (SC09-4825, db2a3e80.pdf)
• Command Reference (SC09-4828, db2n0e80.pdf)
• Master Index (SC09-4839, db2w0e80.pdf)
• Message Reference, Volume 1 (GC09-4840, db2m1e80.pdf)
• Message Reference, Volume 2 (GC09-4841, db2m2e80.pdf)
• Quick Beginnings for DB2 Clients (GC09-4832, db2ite80.pdf)
• Quick Beginnings for DB2 Servers (GC09-4836, db2ise80.pdf)
• SQL Reference, Volume 1 (SC09-4844, db2s1e80.pdf)
• SQL Reference, Volume 2 (SC09-4845, db2s2e80.pdf)
• SQL Reference for Cross-Platform Development (cpsqlrv11.pdf)

Last updated: Tuesday, October 16, 2007