by Ember Crooks | Jun 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
One of my steepest learning curves in the last year and a half has been really getting into containers on K8’s and Docker and what running databases within them means. I thought I’d share a general overview, and plan to follow this post with more specific and more...
by Ember Crooks | Jun 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
There’s a reason why database administration or engineering remains a separate specialty. There are a large number of rabbit holes you can go down. I’m well aware that there’s probably 40% of Db2 LUW alone that I don’t know, even though I’ve spent 20 years working...
by Ember Crooks | Mar 8, 2021 | db2 sql
Explicit Join vs. Implicit Join When writing SQL there are two places you can define how tables are joined. The first is explicit, and is specified after the the keyword ON in the join clause like this: SELECT * FROM table_a as a JOIN table_b as b ON a.id=b.id The...
by Ember Crooks | Nov 19, 2020 | Featured
I thought I’d share an overview of the real-time monitoring options for Db2 (LUW). This article focuses on comparing the options, with links to deeper information on each tool. Types of Monitoring First a quick overview of the types of monitoring that every DBA...
by Ember Crooks | Nov 10, 2020 | Featured
When I first started learning about data science, the amount of material out there was daunting. It is hard to find your way in what you should learn and how you should learn. I thought I’d share what has been working for me and what didn’t.… Read...
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