(Brian Laube) There are NEW (as of Db2 for z/OS V10) SQL “EXPLAIN” statement options to get the hidden details of the actual access path instructions from the actual package (which is actually used at run time) and stuff that impossible-to-read package instruction “explanation” into the friendly-to

(Craig S. Mullins) During the month of April 2020 I wrote a series of blog posts on the different types of Db2 for z/OS database change management and the things to remember and consider…

(Robert Catterall) On a number of occasions over the past several months, I have seen that there is some misunderstanding in the Db2 for z/OS community regarding support for certain types of database objects in a Db2 12 environment.

(Gareth Copplestone-Jones) This is the seventh article in the series on DB2 Locking for Application Developers. So far we’ve covered a lot of topics, including the ACID database transaction properties, lock size, lock mode and lock duration, transaction isolation levels and data anomalies, all with

(Joe Pluta) Over the last three articles (parts 1, 2, and 3), we’ve worked to encapsulate your extension files, but until now it’s been work without a lot of clear benefit.

(Roy Boxwell) Are you interested in writing a zowe desktop application?

(Craig S. Mullins) Today brings the fourth, and final installment of our series examining the different types of changes that can be made to database objects and structures in Db2 for z/OS. Part 1 introduced the three types of changes, part 2 examined simple database changes, and part 3 took a look

(Gareth Copplestone-Jones) This is the sixth article in the series on DB2 for z/OS Locking for Application Developers. The primary focus of this series is to help DB2 for z/OS application developers to guarantee data integrity while optimising for performance by designing and coding applications whi

(Craig S. Mullins) Welcome to the third installment of our series examining the types of database changes that can be performed using Db2 for z/OS. In part 1 we introduced the three types of changes and in part 2 we looked at simple changes.

(Rafael Victoria-Pereira) Now that you’ve streamlined your database, gotten rid of unnecessary columns and/or tables, and moved all or at least part of the data validation code out of your programs, you’re ready to dive a little deeper into DB2’s advanced functionalities.