Building a Data Warehouse with DB2 Universal Database: Time-Saving Methods and Tools for Developers

A complete, hands-on tutorial from planning to implementation DB2 is IBM's premier relational database and the cornerstone of its data warehouse strategy. Moving beyond the basics and deep into the technical detail of designing and building a data warehouse with this powerful tool, this book provides a complete tutorial that takes programmers from the planning and design stages right through to implementation. Methods are illustrated using a real-world case example of a customer relationship warehouse--the most popular warehouse application in use today. CD-ROM includes a trial version of DB2 UDB plus other useful utilities and data models that readers can adapt to build their own customer relationship database