by Craig S. Mullins | Jul 16, 2021 | BCV5, data governance, data movement, data refresh, DBA, migration, test data
Creating and managing test data for Db2 application development and testing requirements can be a significant challenge. To enable not only the development of new programs, but to be able to maintain existing ones, organizations must ensure that there is an adequate...
by Craig S. Mullins | Jul 6, 2021 | DB2 Catalog, query, temporal
Sometimes it can be difficult to remember where information is stored in the Db2 Catalog. Usually, with a little rumination and a little review of Appendix A of the IBM Db2 SQL Reference manual (SC27-8859), you can come up with a solution.For example, I was...
by Craig S. Mullins | Jun 15, 2021 | FL510, Function Level, migration, packages
I'm a little late with this Db2 function level update, but better late than never, right?In April 2021, IBM introduced a new function level, FL510, for Db2 12 for z/OS. If you want to take a look at the announcement for it, you can read it here, but...
by Craig S. Mullins | May 10, 2021 | AI, cloud, conference, hybrid cloud, IBM Think, IBM Z, mainframe
A Bit about Think I am looking forward to attending the IBM Think 2021 conference, IBM's annual flagship technology event. I have attended several in-person Think events, as well as last year’s virtual conference, and I always come away with new knowledge and...
by Craig S. Mullins | Apr 7, 2021 | mainframe
I am older than the mainframe... I turned 58 on April 3rd, and the IBM mainframe officially celebrates its 57th birthday today, April 7th.The IBM 360 was launched on April 7, 1964 and the world of enterprise computing has never been the same.Here are a few links...
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