Title: Disappointed
Product review: I bought this book solely on the strength of the positive reviews here (stupid, I know). Unfortunately, my opinion doesn't most everyone else's. I needed a book that would give me a quick look at using DB2 SQL as an application programmer. This book devotes 1 chapter to SQL, and the information is very basic. The rest is study guide stuff (architecture, DBA stuff, etc.) that simply isn't very helpful to someone trying to learn how to actually work with the database. I come from an Oracle background, and the transition to DB2 is anything but instinctive or easy. It's a real pain, actually.If anyone knows of any good, practical DB2 books for database/ETL programmers, I would love to hear about them.Thanks,bk
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