Moving from one DB2 version to another is a monumental task that takes careful planning and execution to achieve a successful result. This initial offering in the IDUG/CA co-sponsored DB2 9 for z/OS Webcast Series, looks at the announcements from IBM, the pre-requisites for installing and/or migrati
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Reuse and Repurpose your Content in Unknown Ways With the Help of an Xml Application and Ooxml
(Melissa Peterman) OOXML, (Open Office XML) is an XML specification for documents like spreadsheets, notes, presentations and just about any other form of digital media. Because Office 2007 already saves files in OOXML, any enterprise currently using Office 2007, is already authoring directly into X
Using a foreach loop to process an XML document
(Denny Cherry) Recently I was working on a project where I needed to use a foreach loop with an SSIS project, but couldn’t for the life of me get it to properly process the XML document which I was giving it. Well with some major work and digging I was able to get it working correctly, but it took
The Key to DB2 for z/OS DDF Application Performance
(Robert Catterall) In this first of my 2008 posts, I will write about the performance of applications that utilize the DB2 for z/OS Distributed Data Facility, aka DDF – the component of DB2 that accepts data requests issued by remote clients ("remote," in this context, refers to a different logical
Shred XML documents using DB2 pureXML
(Salvador Ledezma and Bert Van Der Linden) Since version 9.1, DB2 features significant new support for storing, managing, and searching XML data. One of these new features is annotated XML schema decomposition. Annotated XML schema decomposition allows you to decompose, or “shred”, XML documents int
2007 – MySQL a Year in Review
(George J. Trujillo Jr.) 2007 has been an interesting year with MySQL. MySQL really seems to have broken out this year. Organizations are absolutely choking on their database and software licensing costs. More and more organizations, large and small are now recognizing MySQL databases as a viable so
Does XML have a future on the Web?
(Michael Sperberg-McQueen) Earlier this month, the opening session of the XML 2007 conference was devoted to a panel session on the topic “Does XML have a future on the Web?” Doug Crockford (of JSON fame) and Michael Day (of YesLogic) and I talked for a bit, and then the audience pitched in.
RMAN Tablespace Point in Time Recovery
(Steve Callan) A user deletes data from a table and commits it. How do you retrieve that data? If using a version of Oracle with flashback technology – AND you are made aware of the error while the undo information is still retained – that’s not so much of a problem. If running in noarchivelog mode,
Using ASP.NET 3.5’s ListView and DataPager Controls: Displaying Data with the ListView
(Scott Mitchell) In November 2007 Microsoft released ASP.NET 3.5. As noted in An Overview of ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008, this released included two new ASP.NET data Web controls: the ListView and DataPager. In a nutshell, the ListView control provides a very flexible means for displaying a c
Overview of a SharePoint Report Repository and Crystal Reports
(Chi-Wei Wang) Organizations are continuously faced with the need to organize information and present them as reports. Combining the ability to generate and manage reports into a single system addresses this need and is a powerful tool for users.