(Willie Favero) You’re on DB2 Version 8. DB2 9 looks very interesting and had features and functions you would like to take advantage of. However, you are still struggling with that pesky ancient COBOL code. Taking advantage of the V7 precompiler was the only way you were able to make the upgrade mo

(Antonio Cangiano) This is the Python version of a post I made about Ruby a few days ago.

(Cecilia Chu) Cubing Services provide multidimensional access to your relational data. The services allow MDX queries to be issued directly against the data warehouse, enabling the warehouse to become the single source of data for analytical tools and reducing the latency between when the warehouse

(Leon Katsnelson) I think that every Database Administrator needs to read the article “Opinion: No more excuses for SQL injection attacks” and send it out to every application developer they know. I hate SPAM as much as the next guy but I think it is justified in this case. I am dead serious.

(Dave Beulke) As I talked about in the previous weeks, DB2 Version 9 for z/OS has over 50+ great new performance features. Many of these features can really benefit your standard DBA operations, improve application performance and overall availability of your systems and data.

(Dustin Amrhein) You can probably think of many scenarios in which you might want to reuse existing SOAP Web services in new applications. The IBM WebSphere sMash REST to SOAP extension enables you to provide REST access to existing SOAP Web services, providing easier and more intuitive access to su

In this DB2 Chat with the Lab webinar, find out how database developers and DBAs can get their jobs done more efficiently and with less risk using the no-charge capabilities in Data Studio 2.2, and the value-added capabilities in Optim solutions.

(Willie Favero) This year’s IOD in Las Vegas is now just a little over a month away. Hopefully you have registered or are planning on registering for thi premier information management event. If you are a DB2 person (z/OS or LUW) this is one of those events you don’t want to miss. You’ll find no ot

(Susan Visser) Are you feeling left out that you are back to work and NOT back to school like so many others? Take one of the the Self-Paced Virtual Classes (SPVC) trials for free and you’ll be “back in school” too!

(Robert Catterall) A few days ago, I posted part one of a 2-part entry on the subject of using the same DB2 for z/OS system (meaning a single logical DB2 system image – it could be a multi-subsystem DB2 data sharing group on a parallel sysplex) for both OLTP and business intelligence (BI) workloads.