The Extensible Markup Language (XML)is a key technology that facilitates information exchange and e-business transactions. Starting with IBM DB2 Universal Database Net.Data Version 1, an application can generate XML documents from SQL queries against DB2 or any ODBC-compliant databases.

SPM does not support any kind of distributor of connections to gateway. E.g. connections balancing that route connections to different gateways from the same client is not supported with use of SPM.

By Mike Pavlak – Wish you could automate tedious coding tasks or get more from your legacy applications? With new SQL triggers to work with, your wishes just might come true.

DB2 V8.1 FixPak 3 is now ready for download. You can also download refreshed DB2 V8.1 client packages at the FixPak 3 level.

At the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, IBM won two Open Source Product Excellence Awards from IDG World Expo, in conjunction with Uniform Association, which recognizes open source product and service innovations offered by LinuxWorld exhibitors that span some of the world’s leading hardware and softwa

DB2 DataPropagator lets you maintain consistent copies of relational data across the DB2 family of databases, and automatically capture and apply data changes.

Not sure how to measure the performance of your DB2 database system? Joel Goldstein’s white paper offers suggestions for monitoring and benchmarking your server’s responsiveness.

By Robert Catterall – In my previous column, I wrote about DB2 for OS/390 and z/OS monitor statistics detail reports (Quarter 2, 2003). I ended the column after covering data set open/close activity; in this column, I pick up the story with a quick look at some of the remaining report data blocks.

By Ellen O’Brien – Demonstrating its commitment to Linux and increasing its continuing head-to-head competition with Oracle Corp., IBM today announced the DB2 Integrated Cluster Environment (ICE) for Linux and extended support for the open-source platform.

This article looks into some of the steps necessary to locate and tune DB2 application performance problems. It will: Discuss the tools and structures needed for DB2 tuning.