Learn DB2

[Guest_imported]

Hi,
I have several years of experience with Oracle and SQL/Server and we are getting a DB2 database in our company. I have no experience with DB2 and need to know --

1. How easy (or difficult) it may be to learn with my background ?

2. What are the good learning resources -- Books, user forumns wtc.

My job will be to work with Application developers and act like Application DBA (designing and creating tables, indexes, procedures etc. and backup and recovery)

Thanks,
- Rajeev

 

[g046678]

I've worked with both Oracle and DB2 as well. In my opinion, they are very similar to administor. There are several good books out there. I would recomend the db2 udb by don chamberlin and any of the certification guides that are currently available. Additionaly, if you go to

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com,

you will find downloadable copies of IBM redbooks. These books, in case you are unaware, are books written by IBM professionals that take a singuar topic and go into great detail. For example, I was out there earlier and they have a DB2/UDB 7.1 performance redbook that has just been published.

HTH

Dan