(Roman B. Melnyk) The IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) command line processor (CLP) is a convenient interface for accessing DB2 functions. Explore the three modes in which the CLP operates, get a detailed explanation of the db2 command, and learn some recent usability enhancements that are sure to p

(Anil Mahadev) In this simple introduction, I will walk you through IBM’s DB2 UDB v8.1 database management system. Even if you are a basic MS Access user, I’ll have you up and running in no time! (R)

(Bart Jacob, Jan Antos, Budi Darmwan, Mike Kerzee and Therese Sroujian) This IBM Redbook describes a sample implementation of a complex solution that addresses a key challenge being faced by many enterprises today. Document and record management has always been a difficult (and often manual) proces

(Bernard Chester) Everyone’s familiar with the importance of record keeping on an individual level. We keep records for taxes, licenses, personal finance, and so on. Take that record-keeping task and multiply it to an enterprise (or even small business) scale, and you begin to understand the sco

(Michael Cairns) As a Resource Access Control Facility (RACF) security administrator and occasional systems programmer, I’m often asked why a job, started task, or user ID has lost access, stopped working or won’t start when it was “working perfectly yesterday” and the customer “changed nothing.”

(Jeffrey Berger) Version 8 of DB2 for z/OS now supports 64-bit storage in the DBM1 address space in order to provide some virtual storage constraint relief (VSCR). Likewise the IRLM address space now supports 64-bit storage. The 64-bit storage exploitation in Version 8 provides for performance a

(Kulvir Singh Bhogal) The latest version of Java, J2SE 5.0 (version 1.5 of the JDK) is the first to deliver the concept of disconnected RowSet objects to the Java language. The FilteredRowset interface extends from the WebRowSet interface, which in turn extends from the javax.sql.Rowset interface.

(Martin LaMonica) The revamped licensing policy will take effect with the release of IBM DB2 Content Manager 8.3 on March 25.

(Joseph F. Kovar) IBM introduced software that enables a specific bundle of hardware, applications and services to do policy-based automation of DB2 backups.

(Andrew Binstock) If you were doing business programming before the early 1990s, you surely remember that databases were accessed directly from applications, rather than relying on external mechanisms or imperative languages such as SQL. In those days, if you were writing a C program, for example, y