Design and deploy integrated enterprise-class business solutions

Enhance productivity, profitability, and efficiency using IBM DB2 9 and the detailed information in this comprehensive resource. Written by experienced IBM data server professionals, IBM DB2 9 New Features covers the technical details of the major new aspects of DB2 9 alongside real-world business uses, syntax examples, and insider tips. Learn how to manipulate and manage XML data using pureXML, automate maintenance tasks, and seamlessly integrate Java, PHP, and Perl scripts. Plus, you'll get vital coverage of the brand-new DB2 Developer Workbench, enhanced .NET developer support, Ruby on Rails, and database security.

• Learn about all the auto-configuration features that make getting DB2 up and running faster than ever before
• Define, share, and validate data using XML and the unique pureXML DB2 Hybrid Storage Engine
• Improve runtime performance and optimize storage with the new DB2 Compression Technology
• Automatically handle DB2 memory allocation using the Self Tuning Memory Manager
• Use Automatic Storage, Autonomic Computing, and a host of other autonomic features that make managing DB2 a snap
• Create dynamic data server blueprints with Rational Data Architect version 6.1
• Incorporate Java applications using the IBM WebSphere Application Server and DB2 data server
• Develop open-source scripts using PHP, Perl, Toad, and Ruby on Rails
• Utilize the DB2 Developer Workbench or exploit the enhanced .NET developer support
• Deploy the latest DB2 security and high availability features

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Part I. XML in DB2 New Hybrid Storage Engine

Ch. 1. What is XML?

Ch. 2. When Do I use pureXML?

Ch. 3. pureXML: The DB2 XML Database

Ch. 4. Tuning XML Performance

Part II. Autonomics and Manageability

Ch. 5. Up and Running Enhancements

Ch. 6. Self Tuning Memory Manager

Ch. 7. Automated Storage

Ch. 8. Other Autonomic and Manageability Enhancements

Part III. Application Development

Ch. 9. Rational Data Architect

Ch. 10. DB2 and the .NET Developer

Ch. 11. DB2 and the Java Developer

Ch. 12. DB2 and the Scripting Languages Developer

Ch. 13. DB2 and the XML Developer

Ch. 14. DB2 Developer Workbench

Ch. 15. Other Application Development Topics

Part IV. Security Enhancements

Ch. 16. Label-Based Access Control

Ch. 17. Additional Security Enhancements

Part V. SHARP Enhancements

Ch. 18. Larger Table Space Support

Ch. 19. Larger Object Support

Ch. 20. Raw Compression

Ch. 21. High-Availability Enhancements

Ch. 22. Additional SHARP Enhancements

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