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...
by Robert | Jun 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Db2 for z/OS got a built-in REST interface about four years ago. Have you put it to work? Perhaps you should. Some information about REST REST is short for representational state transfer, an architectural style that enables invocation of services through a...
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