(Bill Matthews) This article shows you how to implement data federation using WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker (WebSphere BI MB) with WebSphere Information Integrator (WebSphere II) or WebSphere Information Integrator Classic Federation (WebSphere II CF). (pdf)

(Joe Pluta) In this column, I’ll tell you why RPG is the once and future business language and how IBM is proving it every day. I’ll show you what WDSC brings to the table for RPG programmers, and I’ll tell you about the most important additions to the language, as told by the people who actually wr

(Sid Adelman) We are currently creating a data warehouse from existing DB2 databases to an Oracle data warehouse. The stages are Source (DB2) to ODS (Oracle) to data warehouse (Oracle) to data marts. What should be tested in this life cycle and where should the testing occur?

This “Bubble Text” tutorial shows how to rapidly build dynamic database applications for DB2 UDB V8.2 using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and IBM’s native .NET managed provider.

(Willie Favero) You have completed all of the suggested planning, and the tapes have arrived. It is finally time to start your migration from DB2 Version 7 to Version 8. The most important thing you want to remember now is that this is just a migration. Sure, V8 is probably the most significant new

(Whei-Jen Chen, Priti Desai, Ujwala Devi, Sreeman Kancherla, Venkatram Menakuru, Raghu Ramaswamy, Scott Saunders and Arjun Sirohi) This IBM Redbook delivers details about DB2 UDB V8.2 on Siebel 7.8. It outlines the partnership between Siebel Systems and IBM and the benefits of using DB2 UDB to suppo

The German Direct Marketing Association is a non-profit trade association that acts as a point of liaison between the marketing industry and consumers. Each year, it organises an annual competition for its member agencies, aimed at showcasing successful and innovative campaigns.

(Bonnie Baker) While I was talking with a programmer about locking contention and overhead one day, I mentioned table and table space locking. She looked at me and in all innocence said, “Oh, we don’t ever use table space or table locking here. We only use page locking.”

(Kent Milligan) Using the SQL performance monitor of operation navigator, I have scanned for the recommended index. In the index list, one was on QSYS2/SYSTABLES view on the QSYS/QADBXREF table. I have created the recommended index, but unfortunately it looks like the system does not use it and the

(Jarek Miszczyk) DB2 UDB for iSeries was the first member of the DB2 family that implemented SQL Procedural Language (SQL PL). The support for SQL stored procedures was first shipped in OS/400 V4R2. Since then, every new release has delivered a number of enhancements and improved functionality, so o