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IBM DB2 9.7 Advanced Application Developer Cookbook

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IBM DB2 9.7 Advanced Application Developer Cookbook

Overview of this book

With lots of new features, DB2 9.7 delivers one the best relational database systems in the market. DB2 pureXML optimizes Web 2.0 and SOA applications. DB2 LUW database software offers industry leading performance, scale, and reliability on your choice of platform on various Linux distributions, leading Unix Systems like AIX, HP-UX and Solaris and MS Windows platforms. This DB2 9.7 Advanced Application Developer Cookbook will provide an in-depth quick reference during any application's design and development. This practical cookbook focuses on advanced application development areas that include performance tips and the most useful DB2 features that help in designing high quality applications. This book dives deep into tips and tricks for optimized application performance. With this book you will learn how to use various DB2 features in database applications in an interactive way.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
IBM DB2 9.7 Advanced Application Developer Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Implementing dynamic SQL in DB2


When an SQL statement or some part of it is not known until the execution time, then these statements are executed dynamically. In the case of dynamic SQL, the statement is compiled at runtime. It also means that the access plan is created at runtime, which can benefit from the latest statistics. When the database manager runs a dynamic SQL or XQuery statement, it creates an access plan based on the current system statistics and current configuration parameters. This access plan might change from one execution of the statements, application program to the other.

Dynamic SQL can be used when:

  • A complete SQL statement or some part of it is not known at compile time

  • Objects referenced in the SQL statement are not available at compile time

  • We want to use the latest statistics available to optimize the access plan

  • We might change the environment such as the changing database or database manager configuration parameters, special registers, and so on, which might improve...