Hello Eric,
I think you'll find DB2 v9 is available for developers to use on
their home PCs for free under a recent licence change, presumably to
complete with free Microsoft SQLServer 2005 Express Edition. It wouldn't
hurt to have both on your home computer.
Craig S Mullins "DB2 Developer's Guide" 5th Edition covers DB2 v8. I do
not know if a v9 edition is in the works. Published by SAMS. 1360+ pages
and comes with a CD for what he can't fit in this BRILLIANT book. Value
- priceless. Includes notes on recent version such as v6, v7 so you know
what has changed.
The DB2-L mailing list is tremendously active and helpful, equal to
about five IBM-MAINs in quantity at a guess. You'll even see some
familiar names of posters.
If you are a unix person at home then IBM would certainly have DB2
developer edition (or whatever they call it now) for Linux.
Any list reader not in a totally secure job could do worse than get free
DB2 and install it on their resumes as well as their PCs.
Thanks,
Jim
Canberra
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