DB2 V7.2 FixPak 10 is now ready for download. You can also download refreshed DB2 V7.2 client packages at the FixPak 10 level.
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Tutorial: Developing a VB.NET Federated Application for Microsoft Access
This tutorial teaches you how to use the DB2 Information Integrator ODBC Wrapper and the Visual Studio development Add-ins to create an application that accesses the Northwind sample database of Microsoft Access.
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Resource Kit: Chapter 2 – New Features in SQL Server 2000
Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 extends the performance, reliability, quality, and ease-of-use of Microsoft SQL Server version 7.0. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 includes several new features that make it an excellent database platform for large-scale online transactional processing (OLTP), data warehousing
Achieving Massive Scalability with SQL Server
by Doug Kerwin – Learn the basics of how to scale your SQL Server databases.
Oracle Pushes Collaboration
By Dennis Callaghan – Oracle Corp. is preparing advanced capabilities for its Oracle Collaboration Suite that could give enterprises a compelling alternative to rival messaging and collaboration platforms from IBM and Microsoft Corp.
Predicting the Future of Web Services
by Robert Wegener – Although it’s hard to predict the future of Web services, see how four important business drivers could mold Web services’ evolution and bring them outside the firewall.
XML Basics
by Jan Egil Refsnes – This chapter contains an easy to understand XML tutorial. It covers an introduction to XML, and explains the differences between XML and HTML, the history and purpose of XML, and the basic XML syntax.
An XML Fragment Reader
by William Brogden – While many potential uses of XML result in fragments of XML text, not complete documents, XML parsers require complete documents to do their jobs properly. I have been running an XML-based servlet to conduct online surveys. It records user responses by adding XML formatted data
Which Distributed Edition of DB2 UDB Version 8 is Right for You?
By Paul Zikopoulos – Information management software is at the core of enterprise computing. Companies need access to a wide range of information such as XML documents, streaming video, and other rich media types. The e-business evolution makes continuous availability a necessity and is driving the
An Anniversary Message to the DB2 Community
After 20 years, the innovations keep coming. IBM Data Management Solutions general manager Janet Perna sets the stage for what’s coming next.