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1.1 Application development with DB2
Application programmers face constant challenges to efficiently utilize database
resources to their full potential. This is especially the case with the growth of
e-business and the increased use of the Internet. This redbook provides various
application development options for DB2 using free distribution of DB2
Express-C.
This redbook is meant for you to use as a hands-on resource for developing DB2
UDB applications using XML, PHP, C/C++, Java, and .NET. We also cover the
new Developer Workbench tool, which provides a comprehensive development
environment for building data driven applications with DB2 9.
DB2 provides various flexible programming options. The DB2 product family
supports all major standardized programming interfaces for data access.
The IBM DB2 9 release features native support for storing, managing, and
querying XML data, which is explored throughout this topic.
You should keep in mind that there are key advantages to each interface, which
need to be taken into consideration when choosing the programming interface
and language.
Various client side database application solutions using examples in PHP,
C/C++, Java, and C# with DB2 9 Express-C are presented in later chapters.
1.1.1 DB2 supported development environments
The DB2 application development environment is composed of several
elements:
Operating system
-AIX®
-HP-UX
-Linux
-Solais™
-Windows
There are various conditions you should be aware of when developing
application solutions on these environments. These include OS level and for
Linux, kernel level as well as glibc version.
This information can be obtained from the following Web site:
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