IBM has released 6 new prep tutorials for DB2 Certification

The new tutorials will teach you the basics of the DB2 products and tools, DB2 security, and much more. You need to make a FREE registration to view the tutorials.

Here they are:

DB2 Planning: DB2 V8.1 Family Fundamentals certification prep, Part 1 of 6

This tutorial introduces the basics of the DB2 products and tools, along with the concepts of data warehousing and OLAP. It is the first in a series of six tutorials designed to help you prepare for the DB2 UDB V8.1 Family Fundamentals Certification (Exam 700).

DB2 Security: DB2 V8.1 Family Fundamentals certification prep, Part 2 of 6

This tutorial introduces you to DB2 security. You will learn about DB2 authentication, authorization and privileges. It is the second in a series of six tutorials that you can use to help you prepare for the DB2 UDB V8.1 Family Fundamentals Certification (Exam 700).

Accessing DB2 UDB Data: DB2 V8.1 Family Fundamentals certification prep, Part 3 of 6

This tutorial introduces you to the objects that make up a DB2 database, and to the factors that affect how the database is created. After a brief introduction to DB2 objects, we’ll examine the different tools to create, access, and manipulate DB2 objects. This tutorial is the third in a series of six tutorials that you can use to help you prepare for the DB2 UDB V8.1 Family Fundamentals Certification (Exam 700).

Working with DB2 UDB Data: DB2 V8.1 Family Fundamentals certification prep, Part 4 of 6

This tutorial introduces you to Structured Query Language (SQL), and helps to give you a good understanding of how DB2 Universal Database uses SQL to define database objects (such as tables, views, or indexes) and to manipulate data in a relational database. This tutorial is the fourth in a series of six tutorials that you can use to help prepare for the DB2 UDB V8.1 Family Fundamentals Certification (Exam 700).

Working with DB2 UDB Objects: DB2 V8.1 Family Fundamentals certification prep, Part 5 of 6

This tutorial discusses data types, tables, views, and indexes as defined by DB2 Universal Database. It explains the features of these objects, how to create and manipulate them using Structured Query Language (SQL), and how they can be used in an application. This tutorial is the fifth in a series of six tutorials that you can use to help prepare for the DB2 UDB V8.1 Family Fundamentals Certification (Exam 700).

Data Concurrency: DB2 V8.1 Family Fundamentals certification prep, Part 6 of 6

This tutorial will introduce you to the concept of data consistency and to the various mechanisms that are used by DB2 Universal Database to maintain database consistency in both single- and multi-user environments. This is the last tutorial in a series of six tutorials that you can use to help prepare for the DB2 UDB V8.1 Family Fundamentals Certification (Exam 700).