(Paul Rogers and David Carey) This IBM Redbook describes problem diagnosis fundamentals and analysis methodologies for the z/OS system. It provides guidelines for the collection of relevant diagnostic data, tips for analyzing the data, and techniques to assist in identifying and resolving of Languag

(Alisa Morse) In today’s business climate, building your entire IT infrastructure from scratch is not always viable. IT must provide true business value and justify expenses. With reduced budgets, it makes financial sense to continue to leverage existing applications by integrating them into the c

(Justin Whitney) Last February, IBM announced a partnership with Zend Technologies to create a PHP solution that integrates with IBM’s Cloudscape and DB2 databases. The offspring of this marriage is a slick baby called “Zend Core for IBM,” which in its initial release is aimed at Linux and IBM A

(Kent Milligan) Using SQL performance monitor of Operation Navigator, an index was recommended. I created the recommended index, but it looks like the system doesn’t use it. I find it strange that the index is recommended and then not used. Is this normal? (R)

(Kent Milligan) When an SQL procedure, trigger, or function is created, DB2 UDB for iSeries generates a C program object with embedded SQL to implement the business logic described in the procedural SQL object. This C program implementation is transparent to the programmer because DB2 UDB takes care

(Kathy Saunders and Jean Anderson) The core of IBM Cloudscape is the Apache Derby open source database. Derby’s lightweight, embeddable architecture makes it the ideal database engine for deploying database-driven Java applications. With Derby, the database engine becomes part of the application, so

The IBM Redbook DB2 for z/OS and OS/390 Version 7 Using the Utilities Suite, SG24-6289, provides several examples of executing DB2 utilities. Appendix B shows a sample job stream to use when securing the catalog and directory objects using the COPY utility. It illustrates a method of using LISTDEF a

(Howard Fosdick) If you learn Rexx, you’ll know a scripting language that runs everywhere from mainframes to handhelds—and everything in between. Rexx is a general-purpose language that’s powerful enough for mainframes yet flexible enough for other platforms. Best of all, Rexx is easy to learn. This

(Daniel Druker and Robert Rich) Businesses have long known that a single system of record can mean higher profits and faster time to market. Most just haven’t been able to provide one. That’s about to change, thanks to a new approach to managing “master” data.

(Joshua Greenbaum) There’s an interesting subtext to this year’s spate of acquisitions by Oracle, a sub-text that will shortly move front-and-center in the software industry. The subtext is the IBM connection, and in a fascinating case of opportunity creating strange bedfellows, Big Blue’s latest ro