Preface

In the world of information technology today, it is more and more difficult to keep up with the skills required to be successful on the job. This book was developed to minimize the time, money, and effort required to learn DB2 Universal Database (DB2 UDB) for Linux, UNIX, and Windows. The book visually introduces and discusses the latest version of DB2 UDB, Version 8.2. The goal with the development of DB2 was to make it work the same regardless of the operating system on which you choose to run it. The few differences in the implementation of DB2 UDB on these platforms are explained in this book.