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(Roman Melnyk) You can use the SQL/XML publishing functions to produce a tagged XML document from relational data. IBM DB2 Universal Database (DB2 UDB) includes built-in SQL/XML publishing functions that make it easy to publish XML documents using data that is stored in a DB2 database. This article

(Chris Peters and Brian Singleton) Microsoft Query, the helper application included with Microsoft Office, allows Office applications such as Word and Excel to read data from ODBC data sources. While Query retrieves and formats data for inclusion in other Office applications, it isn’t a widely k

(Tan Ee Sze) IBM is weaving collaboration into its SOA (service oriented architecture) strategy by providing built-in support for the conversion of existing Domino applications to web services in the latest version of its Lotus Notes and Domino 7.

(Ian Hakes, Rory Hinton and Dan Scott) This HOWTO is intended for anyone interested in installing and using 32−bit IBM DB2 Universal Database on Linux. If you’re interested in 64−bit or other architectures, we refer you to the official documentation sources (see Resources for a link).

(Craig S. Mullins) Simplification is an imperative in this day and age of increasing complexity and ever-changing software environments. A key component of simplification, in my opinion, is to remember the basics and apply some simple rules and practices to our DB2 subsystems and applications. Indee

(Chris Eaton) As I mentioned in my previous posting, the number one design goal from a DB2 family perspective is to ensure applications written for one member of the DB2 family run on all members of the DB2 family. Why is this important? Well if you think about how a lot application developers work,

(Christine Law and Shakeb Shere) There are numerous advantages to using stored procedures for your database applications. Some of the benefits include reduced network usage, improved performance, and reduced development cost. Java stored procedures have always been one of the most popular routines s

(Wei-Dong Zhu, Monti Abrahams, Doris Ming Ming Ngai, Sandi Pond, Hernan Schiavi, Hassan A. Shazly, Ed Stonesifer and Vanessa Stonesifer) This IBM Redbook helps you understand backup, recovery, high availability, business continuity strategies, and options available for IBM DB2 Content Manager OnDe

(Hardeep Singh and Amir Malik) PHP enables a simple Web application development and deployment environment. This is one of the reasons for its popularity. DB2’s native XML capabilities, coming in the next version and referred to as the DB2 Viper release, further simplify the development process. Thi