Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Isolating DB2 for z/OS Accounting Data at the WebSphere Application Level

›
Back in the 1990s, almost all of the DB2 for z/OS-accessing transactional applications I encountered were of the CICS variety. Often, a give...
4 comments:
Wednesday, July 16, 2014

DB2 for z/OS Buffer Pool Enlargement is NOT Just an Elapsed Time Thing

›
A couple of weeks ago, I got a question from a mainframe DB2 DBA about the impact of DB2 buffer pool enlargement on application and system p...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

DB2 for z/OS: the Functional Advantages of Native SQL Procedures

›
I have been a big fan of DB2 for z/OS native SQL procedures ever since the functionality was introduced with DB2 9 , back in 1997. I have po...
Friday, June 13, 2014

DB2 for z/OS: Getting to Universal Table Spaces

›
Often, there is a bit of a time lag between the introduction of a DB2 for z/OS feature and the widespread adoption of the new technology. Ta...
81 comments:
Friday, May 30, 2014

DB2 for z/OS: Some Matters Pertaining to Nested DB2 Stored Procedures

›
I worked recently with some IT people who were themselves engaged in the development and enhancement of a high-volume application that acces...
2 comments:
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Some zIIP Things of Which DB2 for z/OS People Should be Aware

›
zIIP is short for System z Integrated Information Processor. It's a so-called specialty engine for an IBM mainframe server. The zIIP rai...
11 comments:
Tuesday, April 29, 2014

A Tiger Changes His Stripes: I LIKE Java on z/OS

›
I well remember a phone conversation, from about six or seven years ago, during which a friend of mine and I discussed an application projec...