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DB2(R) SQL PL: Essential Guide for DB2(R) UDB on Linux(TM), UNIX(R), Windows(TM), i5/OS(TM), and z/OS(R) (2nd Edition) Review by Peter Headland
Everything that's bad about IBM
This is so typically IBM - a total lack of appreciation of the needs of the reader leading to a book that may well contain the information, but makes it near-impossible to find or use. This was a bad book before they updated it and merged in all three major platforms, but now it's just vile - big blocks of platform-specific material that you have to skip past make it a real chore to read.
The grammar is poor - if this book had a professional editor, they should be deeply ashamed. Much of the content is warmed-over material from the (also poor) official reference materials, and there is no real narrative structure. Finally, even the indexing is weak.
Don't waste your money - the online reference books have all the material, and Google will find you more helpful explanatory material.