Cover; Copyright; Dedciation; Acknowledgments; Contents; Foreword; DB2 9 Product Overview; DB2 9 Enhancements; XML Evolution and Revolution; The Path to DB2 9 XML Capabilities; Developer Workbench: Developing Applications; DB2 9 and Service Oriented Architecture; Logical and Physical Design; Tuning Buffer Pools; The Way to DB2: The Optimizer; Utilities; Monitoring; Performance; OS Monitoring: Tips and Techniques; Problem Determination; Appendix A DB2 Information Sources on the Web; Appendix B SQL and XQuery Limits; Appendix C New Environment Variables in DB2 9; Index.;