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The 2011 Master the Mainframe Contest has come to a conclusion

(Posted January 27, 2012) And the results keep right on improving...  we have a very smart kids out there with good futures in the world of computers should they choose to go the direction.  To paraphrase Darth Vader (Star Wars): “The Mainframe is strong with this g...

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The DB2Night Show #68: Problem Determination for SQL/PL, PL/SQL, & Triggers

Special Guest: Serge Rielau STSM, IBM Canada Destined for Top 25 of 2012! Replays available in WMV and M4V formats! 96% of our audience learned something! Our special guest, Serge Rielau, Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM Canada, shared with our audience advanced techniques for problem determination in SQL/PL, PL/SQL, and triggers - complete with demonstrations! And, the source codes are available! If you use these capabilities of DB2...

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41-54% DB2 CPU Reduction Achieved using zIIP

In a current customer engagement we are enabling zIIP to reduce CPU consumption.  Our first overnight install has been a great success.  On the 1st mainframe LPAR (out of 4) we are seeing initial signs of 41-54% DB2 CPU reduction … Continue reading →

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david t

Accessing Oracle, Netezza, and Microsoft Excel from DB2 z/OS

Posted by david t on December 20, 2011 at 8:14pm 0 Comments

I regularly see people ask how to access data on UNIX or Windows from apps on IBM's z/OS (mainframe) operating system.  However, I haven't been able to find anything that discusses the options.  Therefore, I'm using this post to provide the basics about one solution - using IBM's InfoSphere Federation Server as an interface.

 

This solution is for people running DB2 on z/OS.  It's probably best discussed with a simple example and a picture.  So, my example is - let's say you…

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Jose Luis

IBM Job Opportunities

Posted by Jose Luis on December 15, 2011 at 11:34am 0 Comments

Hi:

In IBM Mexico we are looking for an DB2 Database Administrator. The person in this position will have two to three years of experience and strong technical experience. Please find the full job description for this position on our website: http://www.ibm.com/mx/employment/  Job Code ITD-0409585

Raju Pillai

Sending emails from DB2

Posted by Raju Pillai on November 15, 2011 at 8:07am 0 Comments

I am sure you all know that you can configure db2 admin server and health monitor to send emails, but how do you send email from within

db2 luw itself. Much like SQLMAIL feature in our friend SQL Server , DB2 now have a mail feature. Starting from DB2 V9.7, there is an additional database configuration called SMTP_SERVER and built in stored procedure …

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Prashant N Kulkarni

Testing DB2 OLEDB Provider using Microsoft Excel

Posted by Prashant N Kulkarni on October 20, 2011 at 1:39am 0 Comments

Testing DB2 OLEDB Provider using Microsoft Excel

 It is well known that from DB2 control center, one can test connectivity using configuration assistant for various providers like OLEDB , CLI , JDBC , ADO…

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