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Notification Services

(Bill Hamilton) Notification Services is a programming framework based on XML and T-SQL. It is used to create applications that generate and send messages to subscribers. Notifications can be sent according to a schedule, or in response to conditions or events. Notifications can be sent using built-

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db2pd to monitor table access

(Chris Eaton) Now back to my series of postings on the db2pd tool (posting 1, 2 and 3). In this posting let’s look at the table stats you can get out of db2pd. There is a flag you can use that will dump out any table that has been accessed along with some very useful information (some of which I […]

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DB2 9 for z/OS: No V for z

(Craig S. Mullins) The beta program for the next version of DB2 for z/OS began back in June of 2006. This latest and greatest version of DB2 is known as DB2 9 – no V, just 9. At the time I’m writing this (early December), no GA date has been announced, but “word on the street” says to expect GA […]