On successful completion of this course, the student, with the aid of the appropriate reference materials, should be able to:

1. Understand the features of DB2 that have changed in Versions 8 and 9, and how these features affect existing applications
2. Develop new applications that take advantage of the new features of Versions 8 and 9
3. Utilize the SQL extensions provided in Versions 8 and 9
4. Create and deploy native SQL stored procedures
5. Understand and use the new mechanisms for utilities in Versions 8 and 9, as well as the new utilities
6. Explore the data definition extensions provided by Versions 8 and 9.

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