Saraswatipura - IBM DB2 9.7 advanced application developer cookbook: over 70 practical recipes for advanced application development techniques with DB2

Sanjay Kumar has been working as a database developer and architect for seven years. He has a lot of expertise in data modeling and performance tuning for business intelligence systems. He is an IBM certified advanced database administrator, application developer, and solution developer. He also has a PUBLISH rated disclosure on data compression, and is an active member of the DB2 community.

He started his career with IBM India Software Labs as part of the DB2 development team. After working with IBM for five years, he moved to work for an investment bank as a data architect.

First of all, I would like to thank my lovely wife for supporting me throughout several months; without your support, I wouldnt have been able to accomplish this.

I would also like to thank the Packt Publishing staff for their help and support in getting this book published. I am especially grateful to Rukhsana who helped me understand the structure of cookbooks and professional writing. I would also like to thank Zainab, Dayan, and Michelle for keeping track of the schedule and reviews. Special thanks to Lubna and Manasi for making my book look professional.

I would also like to thank the technical reviewers, Saurabh Jain and Eldho Mathew for providing excellent suggestions. Last, but not least, I would like to thank Packt Publishing for getting my first book published. It was a pleasure working with Packt Publishing.

Mohankumar Saraswatipura started his career in DB2 8.1. He has worked as a database application developer and a performance consultant in High Performance On Demand Solutions (HiPODS) for IBM Software Labs, India. He is currently working as a Lead DB2 database administrator, helping application developers on Balanced Warehouse D5100, Siebel 8, and SAP ECC implementations. He is experienced in DB2 application performance tuning and database design. He is an IBM certified application developer, InfoSphere solution designer, XML solution developer, and Advanced DB2 database administrator.

He is an active member of IDUG India and an IBM Information Champion. Mohan completed his Masters of Technology in computer science in 2004, and Executive MBA from IIMC in 2007.

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Saurabh Jain is part of the IBM tech sales team, covering the DM portfolio from IBM with a significant focus on DB2. Earlier, he was a part of the DB2 engineering lab, where he worked on the DB2 product. He is a DBA and field expert, having a significant amount of practical knowledge about DB2. He has done extensive work on database architecture, design, and development, with an emphasis on implementation best practices and evangelizing the product. He has co-authored some DB2 best practices documents published in IBM's developerWorks, and also has a couple of patents.

Eldho Mathew is a DB2 LUW, Linux, and AIX certified administrator, with eight years of proven expertise in various aspects of building, administering, and supporting highly complex 24x7 operational and warehouse database servers. He has handled highly complex and critical systems for many top branded customers in the UK.

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