by Robert | Aug 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
Db2 for z/OS packages have been around for a long time - since, I believe, V2R3, back in the early 1990s. Even so, I've found myself talking more about packages to people lately than I have in quite some years. These discussions - conducted in meetings, in phone calls...
by Robert | Jul 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
A relatively recent Db2 for z/OS enhancement that might have escaped your notice may well merit your consideration. Here's what I'm talking about: Db2 12 function level 507 (available since June of 2020, related to APAR PH24371) introduced CREATE OR REPLACE...
by Robert | Jul 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
The notion of “application compatibility,” in a Db2 for z/OS context, has been around for a while – it was introduced with Db2 11, which came out in 2013; still, in my experience it’s been only recently that a number of Db2 for z/OS...
by Robert | Jun 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
I received an email the other day from a Db2 for z/OS system administrator who had recently attended a workshop on the Db2 REST interface. He mostly liked what he heard, but he had a concern about the scalability of Db2 REST services. Knowing that REST requests...
by Robert | Jun 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
I have written a few entries for this blog in which I provided information about Db2 for z/OS buffer pools defined with PGSTEAL(NONE), including one from a few years ago in which I differentiated the PGSTEAL and PGFIX buffer pool specifications, and another from just...
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