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News, views, and items of interest on IBM's Db2 database management system and mainframes.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Which is better? "BETWEEN" vs "<=" and >"="

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This was a recent topic on the DB2-L mailing list so I thought I'd weigh in with my two cents worth on the topic. As with most DB2 (and...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

On Specialty Processors

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Today's blog entry is kind of a meta entry. As many of my readers know I write two blogs, this one that is predominantly about DB2 for z...
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Monday, January 11, 2010

Evaluating a DBA Job Offer

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Today's blog entry is for DBAs. Although this blog is focused on mainframe DB2 the advice here applies to any DBA job... so pass the lin...
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Monday, December 21, 2009

Happy Holidays

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Just a brief posting today to wish everyone a very happy holiday season. I am taking some down time thru the end of the year to visit family...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Quick Thoughts on DB2 Performance

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Database performance problems are not caused by magic. Indeed, all performance problems are always caused by change. That statement flies in...
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Craig S. Mullins
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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.

Craig has been named by IBM as a Gold Consultant and an IBM Champion for Analytics. He has been named as one of the Top 200 Thought Leaders in Big Data and Analytics by AnalyticsWeek magazine.

Craig has over three decades of experience in all facets of database systems development and has worked with Db2 since V1. You may know Craig from his popular books: Db2 Developer's Guide (covering IBM's mainframe RDBMS)... A Guide to Db2 Performance for Application Developers (how to write efficient Db2 programs) and... Database Administration: The Complete Guide to DBA Practices and Procedures (a guide to heterogenous DBA).
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