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Application Development with DB2 9


 
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IBM Data Studio is a rich and extensible solution to help you develop DB2 applications and databases. Reduce your application development cycles and deliver higher quality optimized DB2 database solutions with Data Studio. Data Studio is now available at no charge for DB2 customers across all platforms and it replaces the previously available DB2 Developer Workbench v9.1 solution. Enjoy all of the same benefits you had with Developer Workbench with the new IBM Data Studio.

IBM Data Studio provides a comprehensive set of features for DBAs and developers, including:

  • Create, alter, and drop DB2 database objects (with impact analysis)
  • Explore and edit data - relational and XML
  • Visually build SQL and and XQuery statements
  • Optimize queries using Visual Explain
  • Develop, debug, and deploy stored procedures SQL and Java™
  • Develop user defined functions (UDFs)
  • Develop SQLJ applications
  • Develop queries and routines for pureXML applications
  • Perform data movement tasks
  • Collaborate and share projects with team members
  • Quickly build SOAP and REST Web Services
  • Discover database object relationships with physical data models (diagraming)
  • Visualize data distribution across tables
  • Migrate projects from DB2 Development Center

For DB2 Developer Workbench customers, find our latest fix packs on the IBM DB2 LUW support page.

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Information Center (Version 9 on-line)


Webcasts and articles

DB2 Developer Workbench, Part 1: Developer Workbench concepts and basic tasks

DB2 Developer Workbench, Part 2: Developer Workbench and stored procedures

DB2 Developer Workbench, Part 3: Developer Workbench and XML

Introducing IBM DB2 Viper Workbench, featuring the XQuery Visual Builder