| Summary: | This IBM Redbooks publication provides an understanding of the environment required to access DB2 for OS/390 and z/OS Version 7 for use with an Internet Web server. More and more customers worldwide are using DB2 technology on the S/390 platform to implement a wide variety of mission-critical business applications. The Web is used to enhance DB2's role as a true enterprise database server. This book provides a brief introduction and overview of Internet concepts and terminology to offer a perspective for DB2 users. A broad understanding of several application and middleware solutions including Web servers, Java applications and applets using SQLJ or JDBC, and Net.Data is provided. Coding and implementation examples of alternative solutions are discussed. Additionally, XML functions and the DB2 XML Extender implementation are documented in easy "how-to" steps. The scenarios can help to demonstrate how DB2 data can be leveraged via the Web to deliver a competitive advantage. This book is particularly useful for planners, architects, or implementers in any organization with a requirement to extend the use of DB2 for OS/390 and z/OS data via Web applications.
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