(Howard Fosdick) All certification candidates, regardless of their advanced certification goals, must first get past the same test: the DB2 UDB v.8 Family Fundamentals Exam (#700). This basic test provides entry to all DB2 certifications, including DB2 database administrator, application developer,

(Jeanne Kays and Roger Miller) DB2 Universal Database Version 8 (DB2 UDB V8) for z/OS offers significant opportunities for improvement in six key areas without a lot of added effort. They are: –High availability –Scalability and benefits for very large databases –Increased productivity of Ja

(John Mallonee) There are several different options for accessing DB2 data from a Java application deployed to a Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application server. This article will review some of the primary approaches available, discuss reasons for using them, and provide an overview of each.

(Wendi L. Pohs, Stephen C. Gates and Jochen Dörre) Add value to your enterprise by structuring your Web content according to a taxonomy. This article describes the characteristics of high-performance enterprise taxonomies, and shows how you can create these taxonomies at relatively low cost by using

(David W. Coleman and Charles F. Bowman) Availability has always been a key measure for IT infrastructures. Unfortunately, achieving high availability is quite difficult. Complicating any effort to attain high availability is that there is usually no simple stopping point — in almost all cases ther

(Susan Lawson) Take a look at the four primary statements of DML: Select, Update, Insert, and Delete. You will learn the function each of these can play in your efforts to master DB2. You will also look at various aspects of SQL, a necessary language to understand though the comprehension level will

(Inge Halilovic) This article summarizes some of the key features of IBM Informix Dynamic Server, Version 10.0 and provides insight into the general business problems they are intended to solve.

(Kent Milligan)How can I set up a default library in DB2 in order to not change our SQL statements? In fact, we are migrating from DB2 UDB Windows Server to the iSeries. Actually, in Windows environment, our SQL statements run well and with the SET CURRENT SCHEMAS = “EMPORIUM”, we define default sch

(Sundar Shunmugam) The new installer for IBM Informix Products provides a uniform look and feel across various UNIX and Linux platforms. This article describes the changes to the installer for IBM Informix Dynamic Server, Version 10.0 in terms of product size, setup requirements, and error reporting

(David Buelke and Stuart Litel) Integration is a basic requirement for corporations around the world. But technology integration means many things to different people, and it can be carried out at countless levels, including operating system, application process, and database or element. So, it’s no