(Chris Eaton) New in DB2 Viper 2 is a tool that lets you format and filter information that is in the diagnostic log (db2diag.log). Typically this log file is full of diagnostic information and in many cases the information in the file is intended for IBM Support personal to help them diagnose probl

(Tom Alcott, Roland Barcia, Jim Knutson, Sara Mitchell and Ian Robinson) The Spring Framework, commonly referred to as Spring, is an open source project that aims to make the J2EE environment more accessible. Spring provides a framework for simple Java objects that enables them to make use of the J2

(Craig Mullins) Today we continue our series on new features in DB2 V9 with a quick discussion of implicitly created database objects. To understand what this is, let’s first review the way DB2 works today (pre-V9). If you issue a CREATE TABLE statement and do not specify the database and table spac

(Philip Nelson) Try these two commands on a V9.1 DB2 for LUW (UNIX or Linux) server – db2 “get dbm cfg”|grep AUTO db2 “get db cfg for dbname”|grep AUTO

(Paolo Bruni, Lucy Krantz, Frank Nikodem, Guenter Pfann and Marc White) A database administrator (DBA) has a challenging job trying to maintain databases in today’s nonstop 24×7 environments. This challenge is compounded by the complexity of database structures and the time pressure of trying to be

(Erwin Earley) Development and deployment of Web-based applications is one of the most common activities in today’s IT world. For development of Web applications a development stack, consisting of an operating system platform, Web server, database engine, and scripting language is often employed. Wi

(Willie Favero) This discussion continually keeps popping up from time to time. Every month we have more and more folks moving to DB2 Version 8 which means we have people who had no interest in the subject of binding stuff last year suddenly needing the information this year. The really nice part of

(Lester Knutsen) All good DBAs have some tricks up their sleeves to make their jobs easier. One I like to use is to write an SQL query of the Informix system tables and use the output of that query to generate another SQL script. This trick saves a lot of time (and reduces the possibility of missing

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(Chris Eaton) In DB2 9 you have the ability to create automatic storage tablespaces which can draw storage from the database defined storage pool as needed. In essence you can create a database with automatic storage by using CREATE DATABASE FOO ON C:, D:, E: