At 40 years old, is Db2 still relevant?
It’s the 40th anniversary of Db2, IBM’s family of data management products, which was first released in 1983 as DB/2…
Diving into the Depths of Data: Announcing Db2 Month
IBM Db2 is 40 years old this year. In celebration, I want to welcome you to a month-long journey that…
Top 10 Performance Tuning Tips for IBM Db2
Performance is a critical aspect of any database management system, and IBM Db2 is no exception. As organizations deal with…
OUTBUFF: A Db2 for z/OS ZPARM You Really Ought to Check
Over the past year or so, I’ve seen more and more situations in which a too-small Db2 for z/OS log…
Consider Application-Level Lock Control in Db2 13 for z/OS
It has been close to a year since Db2 13 for z/OS has been generally available. It was announced in…
Welcome to the Virtual Db2 user group
The Virtual Db2 user group launches in January with a presentation on the 17th from Craig S Mullins, President &…
Db2 for z/OS: SEPARATE_SECURITY and SECADM
In the Db2 for z/OS module called DSNZPARM (ZPARM, for short), which provides the configuration settings for a Db2 subsystem,…
Know Your Isolation Levels to Develop Correct and Efficient Db2 Programs
Did you know that Db2 provides a method to change the way a program or SQL statement acquires locks? That…