Db2 Experts on a Data Science Quest
IBM IDs are completely, 100% free. You pay with a bit of your personal information. You have to provide an email address and a first and last name.
Those of us who have been working with (or for) IBM for years, really don’t even remember signing up because it is just a minor thing.… Read the rest
Continue reading »Welcome readers! I have a friend who has offered to provide Spanish language translations of some blog entries. The list of entries to work through is long, so if you have any articles you’d particularly like to see in Spanish, please comment with them so we can add them to his list.… Read the rest
Continue reading »Note: I’m new to both MS SQL Server and to RDS databases. My base expertise is as a Db2 (LUW) DBA.
There is a really complete document on this available from Amazon.
In this scenario, I have just spun up a new RDS instance for a project using a CloudFormation template.… Read the rest
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SQL0803N is an error message that means the SQL statement just issued failed due to violating a unique constraint within the database. The ‘N’ at the end of this error means that this statement failed and was not executed, but that it is probably not a database system issue.… Read the rest
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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
Continue reading »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
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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
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I still remember this meeting when I had been a DBA for less than a year at IBM. It was IBM, so I was the lone primary DBA for this internal client. With 3 whole months of experience and a shiny college degree.… Read the rest
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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
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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
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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
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