Chapter 14. Alternative DB2 Application Development Methods

Chapter 14. Alternative DB2 Application Development Methods

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Developing Applications Using Only SQL

• Using Client/Server Programming Languages

• Using Fourth-Generation Languages

• Using CASE

• Using Report Writers

• Using ODBC (Call Level Interface)

• Using Java and DB2

• Using REXX and DB2

Part II has dealt primarily with DB2 application development using embedded SQL in a third-generation language such as COBOL. However, as I mentioned at the outset of Part II, you can use other methods to develop DB2 applications. With the growing popularity of client/server computing, these methods are gaining acceptance in the IT community.

In this chapter, I discuss the ramifications of using six alternative but perhaps complementary development methods to build DB2 applications: using stand-alone SQL, client/server programming languages, ODBC (Call Level Interface), fourth-generation languages, CASE tools, and report writers.