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Friday, June 29, 2007

Implicitly Created Database Objects [DB2 9 for z/OS]

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Today we continue our series on new features in DB2 V9 with a quick discussion of implicitly created database objects. To understand what th...
Monday, June 18, 2007

Skipping Locked Rows [DB2 9 for z/OS]

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In DB2 9 it is possible for a transaction to skip over rows that are locked. This can be accomplished by means of the SKIP LOCKED DATA optio...
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Do You Want to Ignore Clustering? [DB2 9 for z/OS]

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DB2 9 for z/OS offers a new DDL parameter for your tables: APPEND. If you specify APPEND NO, which is the default, DB2 will operate as you a...
Monday, June 04, 2007

Reordered Row Format [DB2 9 for z/OS]

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If you’ve worked with DB2 for awhile, especially as a DBA, you’ve probably heard the advice to re-arrange the columns of your tables to opti...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

INSTEAD OF Triggers [DB2 9 for z/OS]

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DB2 9 for z/OS introduces a new type of trigger: the INSTEAD OF trigger. The primary usage of INSTEAD OF triggers is to enable views that wo...
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Craig S. Mullins is a data management strategist, researcher, and consultant. He is president and principal consultant of Mullins Consulting, Inc. and the publisher/editor for The Database Site.

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