Introduction.

PART I: DB2 Certification: What Do I Need to Know?

Chapter 1: What the Heck Is Certification and Why Should I Care?

Chapter 2: How to Get Certified and What's Available.

Chapter 3: Taking the Test: A Trial Run.

PART II: Introducing DB2.

Chapter 4: An Introduction to DB2 Products and Packaging.

Chapter 5: Installing a DB2 Server.

Chapter 6: Installing a DB2 Client.

Chapter 7: Getting Clients and Servers Talking.

Chapter 8: The DB2 Tools.

PART III: The Geeky Stuff: Inside DB2.

Chapter 9: Database Building Blocks.

Chapter 10: Security and DB2.

Chapter 11: Database Concurrency.

PART IV: Talking to DB2 with Structured Query Language.

Chapter 12: SQL Boot Camp.

Chapter 13: The Rest of the SQL Story.

PART V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 14: SQL Questions That You'll Need to Read Ten Times.

Chapter 15: Ten Sources of DB2 Information.

Appendix: About the CD-ROMs.

Index.

Hungry Minds End-User License Agreement.

Installation Instructions.

Book Registration Information.