(Willie Favero) Ya, I know; it seems as tough I’m dragging this EXPLAIN stuff out way to long.

(Paul Mayhew) While working on a deadlocking problem, I came across the cur_commit optoin that is now available in version 9.7. This option is part of the ongoing efforts to make DB2 more Oracle compliant.

(Phil J. Bareham and Laurence Bonney) This article shows you how to configure WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition for use with Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS). MSCS enables you to put servers into a cluster to provide high availability to applications and data. If a server fails, work is transferred

(Serge Rielau) What seems like eons ago we introduced IDENTITY columns into DB2. This was in DB2 UDB V7.1 to be precise.

(Dave Beulke) As I said last week, within every DB2 LUW or DB2 z/OS systems there are things that always need to be cleaned up. This week it’s recommended that you look into your various program’s plan and package bind parameters and characteristics.

(Willie Favero) For this Friday afternoon, I thought we would take a look at a couple of HIPERs. Originally, I was just going to focus on two HIPERs that became available this week, However, are a couple of others form the end of December 2010 that are also worth mentioning that I am going to in

(Jeff Douglas) IBM Case Manager provides the platform and tools for a business analyst to define and implement a new generation of case management solutions. To accelerate the development of solutions in particular industries, IBM Case Manager supports the notion of a solution template, which is a c

(Serge Rielau) Do you write SQL or SQL PL code that you want to provide to others?

(Scott Hayes) In episode #37, special IBM guests Paul Zikopoulos and Pat Bates talked about how MDC tables work, some design best practices, and shared some impressive customer success stories. If you have a Data Warehouse database, this show is a “Must See”. If you have an OLTP database, there are

(Raul F Chong) This is the first in a series of articles that show you recommended techniques to design, configure, and deploy an application on the cloud. The article provides an overview of all the different steps needed to complete a 1-year long project that included enabling Moodle software to u