SQL - Eight Steps for Coding Queries

Dear Informix NewsGroup Readers: We have expanded the "Technical Tips" section of our web site to include an 8-part series on coding SQL Queries. This series was written by Gary Joehlin, a developer, consultant and instructor of DB2 SQL programs and queries among other topics. He has included in this series a set of tools that have helped him and his many students develop SQL statements. Even if you are a non-DB2 user, you may find many of the techniques and ideas useful as they can easily be used on most if not all relational platforms. Gary Joehlin has been teaching DB2 and SQL for over 10 years in the US, Canada and Europe and is also the author of the Themis Developer's Reference Guides (DB2 V5 and CICS TS 1.2). He also teaches CICS, JCL, COBOL and PL/1 and application programming immersion topics. The 8-part series can be found at: http://www.themisinc.com/tips/sql/sqlqu_index.htm. Don't forget you can also test your SQL by downloading our FREE SQL Self-Test at: http://www.themisinc.com/training/sql/sql_index.htm. Kind regards, John Wynton Themis, Inc. Specialists in DB2, MQ and CICS Training 1-800-756-3000; 908-233-8900 (Int'l); 908-233-7401 (Fax) http://www.themisinc.com