(Nelson King) The Lotus Domino server and its companion Lotus Notes have been around for more than a decade. Those familiar with them probably know them very well. For these people, upgrading to version 7.0 and 7.0.2 is (or more likely was) an easy decision; there is much to like. For those who are

(John Casey) If you’re a DBA, you know that one of your main responsibilities is to manage log files. Log files record all of the SQL statements that transpire in each transaction, to enable recovery in the event that the transaction is interrupted for some reason. In DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Window

(Gene Cobb) If you are a System i application developer using SQL for data access, you may have encountered the need to implement a full outer join. Or perhaps you have implemented full outer joins on another database platform and are porting your application to support DB2 for i5/OS. In either case

(Willie Favero) I don’t have the chance to make very many posts that cover anything that doesn’t run on a z9. Today’s post is a little different. I’m often asked what DB2 Connect FixPak you should be on if you are running DB2 for z/OS Version 8. In 99.9% of the cases, the answer is pretty easy. In t

(David Konopnicki and Eitan Shapiro) Do you want to empower your portal users with productive and advanced search capabilities such as suggested links or faceted search navigation? You can do just that with the Search and Indexing API (SIAPI) , published for IBM WebSphere Portal V6.0. This article d

(Dan Goodin) For years, directors at the Dallas Museum of Art faced a daunting problem that threatened to stifle the growth of the century-old organisation. The prolific use of computer-generated content was requiring them to store ever more videos, audio clips, and digital images relating to the mu

(Chris Eaton) In DB2, registry variables can be used to modify the behavior of the data server. Registry variables are set and viewed using the db2set command. There are a number of registry variables and they are described in the Information Center.

(Arun Chhatpar) Spring Model-View-Controller (MVC) is the most widely used module in the Spring Framework. It’s based on a clean design and provides many classes you can use right out of the box. In this tutorial, the fifth installment of a six-part series, you’ll get a detailed introduction to Spri

The DB2 Symposium is a multi-day training event. You have a daily choice of three full-day, in-depth seminars. All sessions are done by the best quality trainers in the DB2 market. You can join us for one, two, or three days. You only pay for what you find interesting! No waste of time or money. If

(Jeff Haddix) In order for Microsoft’s Excel spreadsheet to recognize the set of values for a column as dates, those values must be stored as a number of days. For example, to export the date December 26, 2006, to an Excel spreadsheet, you should export the number 37,066, not a date value like 12/26