DB2 Connect lets an application program access data in DB2 databases on System/390 and AS/400 servers. For example, an application running on Windows can access data in a DB2 Universal Database for OS/390 database. You can create new applications, or modify existing applications to run in a host or

(C. M. Saracco) IBM DB2 Information Integrator and DB2 Alphablox enable Web application developers to quickly build components that integrate data from a wide variety of sources into a single report or chart. This article shows how it’s done.

(Michael S. Dougherty) Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a specialized database configuration designed for the quick storage and retrieval of identity information for authentication and authorization. LDAP, often called Directory Services, has a close analog in the physical world: the

Database applications provide programmers with the challenge of utilizing DBMS resources efficiently. DB2 provides rich features such as UDFs, stored procedures, concurrency, and transaction management. Using these features properly make the difference between well-tuned applications and headaches

When you use ADO with the OLE/DB Provider for DB2 and stored procedures, it is not possible to control the COMMIT or ROLLBACK commands in a transaction. For example, the following code does not work to commit or rollback a transaction.

(Dan A. Simchuk) This article focuses on Extraction, Transformation, and Loading (ETL) of data for IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) (implementations for UNIX, Linux, and Windows) and describes the major options, technologies, and products available from IBM and from other vendors. The author giv

IBM has updated and renamed its Digital Media Factory — software for creating, managing and distributing rich media. Dubbed the Digital Media Framework, the software lets users plug in legacy applications alongside the latest streaming media technology. IBM DB2 Content Manager functions as a con

(Tamas Vilaghy, Mariangela Cecchetti, Mitch Johnson, Frank P Jones, John Kettner and Fabio Riva) This redbook gives a broad understanding of architectural choices you may have when designing an IT infrastructure containing WebSphere Application Server for z/OS and one or more back-end systems. The s

(Micks Purnell) This article discusses hardware and network planning for three different major uses of DB2 Information Integrator: –Online and batch applications that read, update, or read/update non-DB2 data (federated database applications). –Data analysis and reporting applications that

The DB2 Everyplace Sync Client API allows you to develop applications to handle bi-directional synchronization of relational data between a DB2 Everyplace Server and your hand-held device. The Sync Client API supports a wide variety of platforms including Palm, Pocket PC, Windows, Linux, and more. I