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Enhance Lotus Domino with DB2 Integration
Learn how to use DB2 as a data store for Lotus Domino data. This article uses a sample application to describe four possible usage scenarios for the Lotus Domino and DB2 integration features in pure Lotus Domino applications.
DB2 Best Practices for Linux, UNIX, and Windows
Discover the best practices for DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows. Each of the Best Practice papers is designed to provide practical guidance for the most common DB2 9 product configurations. By applying this knowledge you can improve the value of your DB2 data servers.
Creating a SaaS Solution
Developing new SaaS applications or transforming existing packaged solutions to a SaaS model can be challenging. These SaaS demos contain common scenarios in a banking application, technologies, techniques, and best practices for delivering your software as a hosted service.
Shred XML Documents with DB2 on Linux
Learn to “shred" XML documents into relational tables through annotated XML schema decomposition or XMLTABLE Decomposition. This article reviews the two methods of decomposing XML data including, how to use the XMLTABLE function for decomposition.
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2007
Develop your first IBM Data Studio Data Web Service
IBM’s Data Studio Data Web Services support is the next generation Web service provider for IBM database servers. Data Web Services provides a full Web service interface that supports both REST-style and SOAP over HTTP and automatic WSDL generation. Data Web Services supports the IBM DB2 family of databases, IBM IDS, and many popular Web servers.
Develop Powerful XML Applications with DB2
XMLTABLE is one of the most powerful functions in the SQL/XML standard and is available in DB2 9 for Linux, Unix, Windows, and z/OS. Part 2 of this two-part series describes common XMLTABLE usage scenarios such as shredding XML into relational tables, and producing hybrid XML-relational storage of your XML documents.
DB2 Self-Tuning Memory Manager Log Parser
Starting in DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows 9 is the self-tuning memory manager (STMM) that simplifies the task of memory configuration by automatically setting values for several critical memory configuration parameters. This article introduces a simple tool to parse the STMM log files to simplify the task of monitoring the decisions made by the memory manager.
DB2 versus Oracle Materialized Queries
In DB2, a materialized query table (MQT) is a table whose definition is based on the result of a query. Familiarize yourself with IBM DB2 materialized query tables (MQTs) in a side-by-side comparison with Oracle materialized views. See, also, how the DB2 optimizer uses MQTs.
Learn the Secrets to DB2 Java Performance Problems
This article brings insight into diagnosing and isolating performance problems from the application client perspective. You'll learn how to troubleshoot performance problems that occur with Java applications running against IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows databases.
Leverage DB2 Support for XML
Learn how the new XML storage and query environment of DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows plays into the XML data model described in Part 1 of this series. Part 2 focuses on how to exploit the improved database support for XML in your application architecture.
Testing with DB2 and Ruby on Rails
This third article from the DB2 and Ruby on Rails series shows you how testing works in a DB2 on Rails environment, and how easy it is to write tests within the Ruby on Rails framework. In Part 1, we introduce the IBM_DB Ruby driver, Rails migration, and a Team Room application. In Part 2, you can learn how to build on the existing Team Room application to take advantage of DB2 pureXML support in a Rails application.
SAP Installation with DB2 on Linux and UNIX
One of the many enhancements of IBM DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows is the ability to install multiple copies of the DB2 software on the same server. In this article, you'll follow step-by-step instructions to learn how to take advantage of this enhancement in an SAP environment.
Set Up DB2 9 on Linux Virtual Machine with VMware ESX
Need to consolidate your servers? Or maybe you are trying to set up a test environment that needs to be completely isolated from the production environment. This article introduces the VMware Infrastructure components and walks you through setting up DB2 Enterprise 9 on a 64-bit Linux virtual machine using the VMware ESX Server product.
2006
Deploy Customized Security Plug-Ins in DB2 9
Security plug-ins bring new versatility to your database security setup in IBM DB2 9. Read this article to determine what should be tested before deploying your own customized security plug-ins. Accompanying this article, there is a security plug-in loader program for AIX 64 bit, Linux AMD 64 bit, Linux AMD 32 bit, Linux IA 32 bit, and Sun Solaris 64 bit operating system platforms.
Use Trusted Context in DB2 Client Applications
Using a trusted context in an application can improve security by placing accountability at the middle-tier, reducing over granting of privileges, and auditing of end-user's activities. Learn how to implement trusted context on DB2 in a command line interface (CLI), XA, or Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)-based application.
DB2 Eclipse-Based Workbench and Stored Procedures
In Part 1 of this series you learned about Developer Workbench concepts and basic tasks. In this article learn how the Eclipse-based Developer Workbench resources, perspectives, views, editors, and wizards assist you to work with stored procedures. DWB is based on Eclipse technology, which replaces the Swing-based DB2 V8 Development Center.
Kick-Start Your Way to the Movies with PHP and DB2
Explore PHP and XML development using the Eclipse IDE, DB2 Express-C 9, and WebSphere Application Server Community Edition. Learn how to install and configure these applications, part of a program designed to kick-start your application development, to develop a Web-based movie information database. This is part one of a two-part tutorial, covering the installation and configuration of the tools, along with some basic proof-of-concept code development.
Document-Level Security Using pureXML
DB2 9 pureXML provides native XML storage and retrieval, as well as a new security protection mechanism called Label Based Access Control (LBAC). Combining these two features can produce a Native XML data store that can protect XML documents at the document level by labeling each document row with an LBAC security label, and assigning users their appropriate access level.
DB2 9 XML Performance Characteristics
Learn about the performance and scalability characteristics of a simulated securities brokerage transaction processing environment using DB2 9 XML, POWER5+, AIX 5.3, and TotalStorage DS8100. This scenario includes use of the FIXML schema, a financial industry standard.
Exploit 64KB Page Support with DB2 Enterprise 9
Learn how DB2 9 exploits multiple page sizes for Linux, UNIX, and Windows. Introduction of the POWER5+ processor architecture triggers AIX 5L operating system to add support for a new 64KB page with properties similar to the current 4KB pages. In addition, AIX 5L Version 5.3 TL04 also introduced a new 16GB huge-page feature for this hardware.
Test Drive DB2 Viper
Viper is the code name for the upcoming release of DB2. Test drive the DB2 Viper, a leading edge hybrid data server capable of supporting both relational and pure XML storage and provides all the necessary services to support both data structures. It also has tons of new features that increase performance and scalability for both XML and relational data.
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