Many Db2 DBAs first hear about Task Control Blocks (TCBs) and Service Request Blocks (SRBs) in an IBM performance class, but not everyone ha...

As a Db2 consultant and regular blogger I often receive questions about technical things, but also on strategy and industry trends. I try to...

Today, April 7, 2022, the IBM mainframe officially celebrates its 58th birthday. The IBM 360 was launched on  April 7, 1964  and the world o...

Well, it looks like this year IDUG will be a live, in-person event again after a couple years of living virtually. The COVID pandemic took i...

A user-defined function, or UDF for short,   enables you to customize Db2 to your shop's requirements. It is a very powerful feature tha...