DB2 Express-C Community Team blog

Friday, November 16, 2007

Lunch with DB2 launched

I am both happy and proud to announce that our latest DB2 education effort -- "Lunch with DB2" -- has been launched today.

The "Lunch with DB2" series is an ongoing series of recorded screencasts that walk you through some of the fundamental aspects of DB2 setup, administration, maintenance, and application development. The series title "Lunch with DB2" springs from our idea that you can watch the screencast and replicate the lesson over a single lunch break.

The first episode is available (all episodes will be free of charge, of course!) from http://www.channeldb2.com. They are best watched using the "full screen" option, so that you get the entire 1024x768 resolution.

This first episode walks you a typical local installation of DB2 Express-C 9.5, explaining each of the panels as you go through the setup process.

In the coming weeks, we'll cover topics like:
  • Getting to know the Control Center
  • Exploring the Health Monitor
  • Learning the DB2 command line processor
  • Importing and exporting data
  • Running a backup and restore operation
  • Learn about DB2 pureXML
Our goal is to deliver at one episode per week, and feedback is always welcome! Send your comments to db2x@ca.ibm.com, or post them on the DB2 Express-C forum.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

New DB2 Express-C 9.5 downloads are now available!

DB2 Express-C 9.5 (formerly known as Viper2) is now available!

This is the next major release of DB2 and delivers new functionality as well as significant improvements from DB2 9.1.

You can download the new DB2 Express-C 9.5 images for free from the following links:

DB2 Express-C data server for Linux

DB2 Express-C data server for Windows

IBM Data Studio (new development and administration tooling for DB2 9.5)

DB2 9.5 Information Center online

DB2 9.5 Information Center local install image

DB2 9.5 Net Search Extender

DB2 9.5 National Language Package

DB2 9.5 Spatial Extender

If you are looking for more information to help you get started with DB2 9.5, here are some links to get you started:

Home page for DB2 9.5 Information Center

Get started doc in DB2 9.5 Information Center

And of course, we invite you to download DB2 Express-C 9.5 for free, try it out, and post your questions, comments, feedback, usage experience, etc. in the DB2 Express-C forum.

The DB2 Express-C download page will be updated in the next 2 days as we replace the DB2 9.1 downloads with the DB2 9.5 downloads, but you can access all the links in this post now to get the latest and greatest DB2 downloads.

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