(Bill Arledge) DB2 9 has been available since March 2007. You may be taking a closer look and evaluating those features that provide the most potential for benefit. DB2 9 is a significant new release that introduces new capabilities that cross the entire spectrum of DB2 implementation, including new

(Troy Coleman) This is the second part of what will be a five-part series on tuning batch jobs. In last week’s DB2utor blog entry, I examined reducing elapse time. Here I’ll share the available options for reducing CPU usage within your application code. There are several.

(Holly Hayes) A relative newcomer to the IBM software portfolio, IBM Data Studio software is a revolutionary approach to managing data and data-centric applications throughout the lifecycle, from requirements to retirement. This overview article explains both the vision and reality of Data Studio an

(Radhesh Kumar) Every DB2 database has recovery log. Recovery log keeps track of all the changes made to a database and it is used for crash recovery or rollforward recovery. The recovery log is made up of a number of log extents, each contained in a separate file called a log file. Normally, a DBA

(Howard Fosdick) With DB2 9 being installed in more organizations, now is the time to pursue certification. If you’re new to DB2 or just new to the certification process, you’ll want to know where to start and which certification option is right for your needs.

(Alex Woodie) AMB, a developer of data quality tools for i OS and other platforms, recently announced that its InfoPublish data quality tool now supports IBM’s DataStage and Information Server extract, transformation, and load (ETL) tools. Thanks to AMB’s integration, InfoPublish users can load DB2/

(Willie Favero) Often, there are so many changes in a new version that little things get overlooked. After all, every line of changed code can’t be discussed, right.

(Indrani Ghatare) Learn how to create a custom combinable operator in an IBM WebSphere DataStage environment that does not have any input datasets. This tutorial is Part 2 of a two-part series. (R)

(Susan Visser) You may have taken part in this survey of IDUG members on the topic of evolving roles and eduction / training needs. I can’t say that the results are unexpected, but I can say that it is very helpful to see the analysis and results as they are discussed in the final survey report, “Da

(Hardik Patel and Sailaja Navvluru) The IBM Migration Toolkit has been enhanced to include new capabilities for migrating from MySQL to DB2 or Informix Dynamic Server. In this article, you’ll learn how the toolkit can help you migrate DDL and DML statements, and see how to map data types.