Db2 Experts on a Data Science Quest
This is one area that was not a surprise to me coming from Db2 to MySQL, as I’ve had to deal with people confused in the other direction for years. Essentially, MySQL allows a syntax for GROUP BY that Db2 and most RDBMSes do not allow.… Read the rest
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Working in technology, I’ve heard a number of things about ChatGPT from various news sources.
I was particularly interested hearing some teachers saying it was the end of being able to properly detect students cheating when writing papers. Then I heard a teacher talking about how this was the new ‘calculator’ that teachers need to learn how to leverage in their curriculums.… Read the rest
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Alright, so I’m playing around with something. I’ve developed a bit of a TikTok addiction after exploring the platform to connect with my 14-year-old. One of the post types I’ve enjoyed is the “Roll for ______” type, where the content creator uses dice typical to Dungeons and Dragons to choose combinations of things that are sometimes magical, sometimes ridiculous, and occasionally disgusting.… Read the rest
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Every RDBMS has areas where the differences from other RDBMSes are noticeable, and this is one of them between Db2 and MySQL. Most RDBMSes have quirks to the way SQL is written, and this is certainly true of Db2 where some things were there before the SQL-92 standard or other standards existed.… Read the rest
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One of the things that learning a new platform (MySQL) has taught me is just how critical the most basic topics are, so I thought I’d do an overview of how to get data out of a Db2 (on Linux, Unix, or Windows) database.… Read the rest
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The goal of this article is to to take one query and use the explain facilities of Db2 to walk through it, and then do the same with MySQL, and then show some of the optimizations I might make for the query and why.… Read the rest
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I’ve been spending some time working with indexes as I learn MySQL, and there were a few things I thought were were worth mentioning. As always, I’m writing from my own knowledge with deep experience in IBM DB2, and as a learner when it comes to MySQL.… Read the rest
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I’ve spent some time understanding how MySQL structures tables and indexes, and wanted to share what I’ve learned. This is not the structure as created in the CREATE TABLE or CREATE INDEX statements, but how that data is generally structured on disk, both logically and physically.… Read the rest
As I’ve been learning the details of MySQL, there have been a lot of similarities with Db2, and a number of differences. Some of those differences have been things I was expecting, while others have been a bit more shocking. If others are making the transition from Db2 to MySQL (using InnoDB) or vice versa, or are supporting both, maybe something here will help.… Read the rest
Continue reading »Moving from being a DBA on a proprietary RDBMS for 20 years to working on an open source RDBMS is teaching me a lot of lessons. Many of them are lessons I expected – remembering how and when to ask for help, getting used to not being expected to be the expert on everything, and technical details around how MySQL does things differently.… Read the rest
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I’m a couple of months into working with MySQL, and thought I’d share some resources and thoughts on what I’m learning and what is working. At least half of that time was dedicated to a very in-depth onboarding process that barely mentioned a database at all in about a month of content, so it’s closer to a month in.… Read the rest
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I’ve struggled to write this blog entry to appropriately convey all aspects of what I want to say. This is my third attempt, and I finally think it does things justice.
As part of my publicly shared data science journey, I’ve continued to read job postings, even while reasonably satisfied with my current job.… Read the rest
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