Recommended Duration:  10 Days

Benefits:  The student learns advanced programming techniques for accessing DB2 data, and acquires skills in assessing the performance of SQL statements.

Audience:  Application programmers who need to be able to employ advanced tools to access DB2 data.

Prerequisites:  The student should be skilled in coding basic SQL statements, and in embedding these statements in application programs.

Related IBM Materials:  Classroom access to a set of DB2 Reference manuals is desirable, but not required.