The Db2 Portal Blog

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

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Controlling Mainframe Software Costs

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Although this blog usually focuses on DB2 issues, I sometimes use it to focus on other IT issues, usually mainframe-related. The primary pur...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

SQL Performance Basics: Part 7, Embed the SQL Directly Into Your Programs

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You may recall that this is a subject I've written about before, but I think it is important enough to warrant covering briefly in this ...
Thursday, April 16, 2015

SQL Performance Basics: Part 6, Code Relationally... or Avoid the Flat-File Mentality

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A nother pervasive problem permeating the DB2 development community -- and indeed for most relational DBMSes -- is the “flat file” developm...
Saturday, April 11, 2015

SQL Performance Basics: Part 5, Avoid Sorting

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Sorting is a very costly operation that you should strive to avoid if at all possible. Indexes are very useful for this purpose. DB2 can ch...
Tuesday, April 07, 2015

SQL Performance Basics: Part 4, The Order of Predicates

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Did you know that the order in which you code your predicates  can have an impact on query performance? It is usually a minimal  impact, but...
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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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