(Martin C. Brown) SQL is a practical querying language, but is has limitations. Big SQL enables you to run complex queries on non-tabular data and query it with an SQL-like language. The difference with Big SQL is that you are accessing data that may be non-tabular, and may in fact not be based upon

(Lockwood Lyon) Many of these methods have advantages and disadvantages. Here are a few examples to review.

(Troy Coleman) For each new DB2 version, I like to create a summary of the top reasons customers should upgrade to the latest release. For instance, back in June 2010, I gave you 10 reasons to upgrade to DB2 10.

(Chris Eaton) SAP has released a note (SAP Note 1825340 – DB6: Use of BLU Acceleration with BW) officially announcing support for use of DB2 BLU Acceleration with SAP BW. This is another great example of the excellent technology relationship that exists between SAP engineers and IBM engineering team

(Abhishek Rohira and Sowmya Murthy) WebSphere Adapter for Enterprise Content Management (ECM) allows you to exchange information with content management systems such as Content Management V8. The adapter uses Web Service of the Content Management Interoperability Services to interact with the target

(Robert Catterall) To understand how DB2 work is handled in a z/OS system, you need to have some understanding of the tasks used to manage that work. Here, "tasks" doesn’t refer to things done or to be done.

(Willie Favero) Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, err I mean back into my blog, up pops yet another subsystem parameter write-up… (smile)….

(Al Finkelstein) This article demonstrates how to create a custom user experience for managing Optim® services by tapping into functionality provided by the Optim Service Interface (OSI). The OSI provides a headless public interface to a number of the same back-end web services used by the Optim Man

(Ember Crooks) I’m spoiled. While we build a fair number of environments each year, we also have basic starting standards. Because of this, I sometimes miss the basics when a problem shows up. Or at least it takes me longer to get there.

Henrik Loeser) Today, while teaching a DB2 class, I was asked whether it is possible to hide all columns of a table. The rationale behind the question was that then all application developers would be forced to specify the columns during INSERT.