News, views, and items of interest on IBM's Db2 database management system and mainframes.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Accessing Partitioned Data
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One area that tends to confuse some DB2 developers until they gain experience is how DB2 partitioning works. A common question I get goes so...
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
How are Indexes Being Used?
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In keeping with my promise to periodically post blog entries based on questions I have received, here we have another question I have been a...
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Thursday, August 24, 2006
VARCHAR versus Compression
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A couple of days ago I posted a blurb giving advice on using variable character columns in DB2 . After thinking about the topic a little bit...
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Monday, August 21, 2006
IBM Mainframes - Not Just for Big Shops Any More
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Just a quick blog today to point you to an interesting article in the latest issue of IBM Systems Magazine - Mainframe Edition . The articl...
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Advice on Using Variable Character Columns in DB2
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One of the long-standing, troubling questions in DB2-land is when to use VARCHAR versus CHAR. The high-level advice for when to use VARCHAR ...
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