(Leonardo Borges) In my new job we work with XML data natively stored on DB2. I have done some test with Rails and DB2 a few weeks ago and it’s pretty interesting, specially the easiness that Rails deals with XML.

(Rizwan Tejpar) DB2 9 pureXML technology allows businesses to improve data integrity and avoid legacy data lock-in. It enables application developers to utilize the best storage medium for the task and eliminate the middle-tier application logic previously required to take advantage of Web services.

Moving from one DB2 version to another is a monumental task that takes careful planning and execution to achieve a successful result. This initial offering in the IDUG/CA co-sponsored DB2 9 for z/OS Webcast Series, looks at the announcements from IBM, the pre-requisites for installing and/or migrati

(Robert Catterall) In this first of my 2008 posts, I will write about the performance of applications that utilize the DB2 for z/OS Distributed Data Facility, aka DDF – the component of DB2 that accepts data requests issued by remote clients ("remote," in this context, refers to a different logical

(Salvador Ledezma and Bert Van Der Linden) Since version 9.1, DB2 features significant new support for storing, managing, and searching XML data. One of these new features is annotated XML schema decomposition. Annotated XML schema decomposition allows you to decompose, or “shred”, XML documents int

(Nick Langley) IBM’s DB2 is a relational database management system (RDBMS), widely used in enterprises. In recent years, IBM has been working to widen the range of platforms its flagship relational database runs on, and also to deepen its capabilities. Recent additions to DB2 9.5 included substanti

The CASE statement selects an execution path based on multiple conditions. This statement should not be confused with the CASE expression, which allows an expression to be selected based on the evaluation of one or more conditions.

(Walid Rjabi) The 3-tiered application model extends the standard 2-tiered client and server model by placing a middle tier between the client application and the database server. It has gained great popularity in the recent years particularly with the emergence of Web-based technologies and the Jav

(Nagraj Alur, Reginald Joseph, Harshita Mehta, Joergen Nielsen and Denis Vasconcelos) IBM Information Server is a revolutionary new software platform that helps organizations derive more value from the complex heterogeneous information that is spread across their systems. It enables organizations to

(Rick Whiting) IBM has acquired XIV, a privately held storage technology company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, IBM announced Wednesday. The deal, which closed Dec. 31, will expand IBM’s technology offerings for storing next-generation digital content in a Web 2.0 world, the company said.