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October 22, 2019 Featured

Ember Changing Jobs

I have left XTIVIA. This is nothing against XTIVIA or the wonderful people there, it’s just an evolution on what I want to do.

5 years ago, when I started at XTIVIA, it was the perfect place for me at that time.… Read the rest

October 2, 2019 Featured

DB2 Administrative SQL Cookbook: Finding Statements in the Package Cache using a lot of Temporary Space

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September 5, 2019 Featured

Ember Speaking at Midwest Users Groups Meetings September 10 and 11

One of the things I most enjoy in my career is speaking – whether it is at conferences or for Users Groups. I’ll be speaking at Users Groups in St. Louis and Milwaukee September 10 and 11.

Also speaking will be one of my favorite speakers – Pavel Sustr.… Read the rest

July 3, 2019 Featured

Why dsmtop isn’t Even Half as Good as db2top

I think I’m beginning to better understand why IBM is not fond of tools like db2top. The truth is that the developers really only get exposure to the largest Db2 clients. These are the ones that really pay the developer’s salaries, after all.… Read the rest

June 19, 2019 Featured

Working with Db2 copies …on Windows

How to investigate Db2 copies installed on a Windows system

According to one of the definitions from the UrbanDictionary, adding the words “in bed” to any sentence can make that sentence “more interesting”. I like to think that the Db2 LUW world equivalent of that is taking a task – such as working with Db2 copies – and adding words “…on Windows”.… Read the rest

June 11, 2019 Featured

Wrap-Up: IDUG Db2 North American Technical Conference in Charlotte

The IDUG Conference in Charlotte this year was one of the best-run North American Conferences I have been to. They rose close to the high standard that the IDUG European conference committee sets. I had fewer issues with how things ran.… Read the rest

May 23, 2019 Uncategorized

IDUG NA Technical Conference in Charlotte, NC – June 2019

This is my regular pre-conference blog entry. I write these every year to share details about the conference and to share my excitement for this form of education and networking. The IDUG conferences in the US and Europe are my favorite weeks of the year.… Read the rest

April 30, 2019 Uncategorized

Db2 Basics: Setting up a Command Line to Work with Db2

I’m a command line gal, and probably always will be. I doubt a GUI will tempt me away from the command line, though I do find myself enjoying using things like Jupyter Notebook to also access the databases I support.

Does Your Database Know Who You Are?

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April 24, 2019 Featured

Interesting Issue with /tmp on a Db2 Server

I learn something new every day. The times I’m most surprised about what I learn is when it happens to be something pretty fundamental about how Db2 uses resources.

Environment

This situation happened on an AIX environment I’m mentoring someone to build.… Read the rest

March 26, 2019 Uncategorized

DB2 Basics: Beyond Just Taking a Backup – Backup Performance, Utilities, and More!

While I’ve covered this topic in detail, and blogged about a specific backup performance problem, I’ve never talked about this at the basics level.

What is a Backup?

A backup is a binary image of the entire Db2 database.… Read the rest

March 19, 2019 Uncategorized

SQL Differences Between Db2 and Informix

I have been working with Informix from a user perspective recently. I learned about some of the SQL differences and developed a greater empathy for developers in the process. CTE Support is covered, along with comparing the date and time handling syntax. Continue reading »