What You Need to Use this Book

To run the code in this book, you'll need to have one of the following database platforms installed on a compatible operating system:

• SQL Server

• Oracle

• DB2 UDB

• MySQL

• Access

All the SQL code in the book has been tested against each of these systems. Specifically, the versions we used to test the code were as follows:

• SQL Server 2000

• Oracle 9i R2

• DB2 8.1 beta

• MySQL 4.0 gamma

• Access 2000