Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Migrating a DB2 LUW Database From Big Endian to Little Endian

This article from Roger Sanders describes the differences between "big endian" and "little endian", and how to migrate a DB2 LUW database to an environment with a different endianness.

Migrating a DB2 database from a Big Endian environment to a Little Endian environment

DB2 z/OS Buffer Pool Thresholds Overview

An overview of some buffer pool tuning threshold parameters that can be tuned for DB2 z/OS, from Craig Mullins:

Four Important Buffer Pool Tuning Knobs in DB2 for z/OS

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Effectively Using the "LIKE" Predicate in SQL

Here's a good article by Craig Mullins on effectively using the "LIKE" predicate in your SQL statements.

Carefully Code Your DB2 LIKE Predicates

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Understanding the Complexity of Time Travel

Another article about temporal tables and DB2, from Dan Luksetich.

Understanding the Complexity of Time Travel

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

System-Time Temporal versus Archive Tables

Two related blog articles from Robert Catterall on DB2 System-Time Temporal and Archive tables on DB2 z/OS:

Part 1: DB2 for z/OS-Managed Archiving, or System-Time Temporal?
Part 2: Thoughts on History and Archive Tables

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Understanding DB2 LUW Error Messages

A nice article about DB2 LUW error messages.

Understanding DB2 LUW Error Messages