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Craig Mullins

Regular Planet Mainframe Blog Contributor Craig Mullins is President & Principal Consultant of Mullins Consulting, Inc., and the publisher/editor of The Database Site. Craig also writes for many popular IT and database journals and web sites, and is a frequent speaker on database issues at IT conferences. He has been named by IBM as a Gold Consultant and an Information Champion. He was recently named one of the Top 200 Thought Leaders in Big Data & Analytics by AnalyticsWeek magazine.
Time to Download the Db2 13 for z/OS Manuals!

Time to Download the Db2 13 for z/OS Manuals!

Jun 3, 2022 |

Yesterday I posted a brief piece about the new version of Db2 for z/OS that is now generally available: Db2 13 for z/OS is Here! It is always an exciting time when a new version of Db2 for z/OS is unleashed on the world and one of the first things I re…

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Moving from IMS to Db2?

Moving from IMS to Db2?

Apr 20, 2022 |

As a Db2 consultant and regular blogger I often receive questions about technical things, but also on strategy and industry trends. I try to help but I always make it clear when answering that I cannot predict the future, only make educated guesses… …

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Db2 User-Defined Functions (UDFs)

Db2 User-Defined Functions (UDFs)

Feb 8, 2022 |

A user-defined function, or UDF for short, enables you to customize Db2 to your shop’s requirements. It is a very powerful feature that  can be used to add procedural functionality, coded by the user, to Db2. The UDF, once coded and…

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