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Technical papers about DB2 updated on 01/22/01

SQL statements

SQL: Building Block #1 by Sheryl Larsen, IDUG journal, December 2000.
Using Timestamp columns versus Date and Time columns by Craig Mullins, DB2 Update, December 2000.
Outer joins: No More Worries by Richard Yevich, IDUG Journal, November 1999.
The SQL Double Double by Sheryl Larsen, DB2 Mag, Spring 1998.
Powerful SQL: Beyond the Basics by Sheryl Larsen, DB2 Mag, Winter 1996.

Optimization

Denormalization
Denormalization guidelines by Craig Mullins, TDAN, June 1997.

Access path
Mining the DB2 catalog with SQL by Suresh Sane, IDUG journal, December 2000.
DB2 for OS/390: Version 5 vs Version 6 Outer Join Performance by Maryela Weihrauch, IDUG journal, December 2000.
The Seedy Underworld of DB2 UDB for OS/390 by Chad Reiber, IDUG journal, December 2000.
Demystifying "Optimizing for N Rows" by Bonnie Baker, DB2 Mag, Summer 2000.
New ways to influence SQL Access Paths by Michael Hannan, DB2 Perf. Journal, May 2000 PDF format
Responsible SQL by Bonnie Baker, DB2 Mag, Summer 1999.
Tales of the DB2 Optimizer by Bonnie Baker, DB2 Mag, Spring 1999.
Hot on the Tuning Trail by Michael Hannan, DB2 Mag, Fall 1997.
A Hidden Secret of DB2 version 4 by Sheryl Larsen, DB2 Mag, Spring 1997.
Explain across the Enterprise I by Dave Fox and Nicholette Ross, BMC Tech News, January 1997
Explain across the Enterprise II by Dave Fox and Nicholette Ross, BMC Tech News, April 1997
How to Tune DB2 Access Paths by Sheryl Larsen, DB2 Mag, Winter 1996.

Predicates
Predicate Evaluation: Part I by Bonnie Baker, DB2 Mag, Winter 2000.
SQL Filter Factor Formulas by Michal Hannan, DB2 Perf. Journal, July 2000
Improving stage 2 predicates by Sharad Pande, DB2 Mag, Summer 1999.
Non-correlated subquery using the IN predicate by Hong Tie, IDUG journal, March 1999.

Statistics
Performance Basics Redux by Casey Young, IDUG journal, December 2000.
Tuning SQL with Statistics by Patrick Bossman, IDUG journal, August 1999.
Improving DB2 query performance with DSTATS by Steve Bower, IDUG journal, March 1999.

Sort, cluster index and prefetch
Prefetch and Deferred Write in OS/390 by Robert Catterall, DB2 Mag, Summer 2000.
Looking for a Little Order by Bonnie Baker, DB2 Mag, Winter 1999.
One brick at a time by Bonnie Baker, DB2 Mag, Fall 1999.
The Myths of the Clusterratio by Bonnie Baker, DB2 Mag, Winter 1997.

Commit and Restart

Programming for recovery by Steve Carriero, DB2 Mag, Fall 1999.
The Woes of Commitment by Bonnie Baker, DB2 Mag, Fall 1998.

Data Sharing

Tuning Data Sharing Performance by Robert Catterall, DB2 Mag, Fall 2000.
Data Sharing Performance Enhancements by Susan Lawson, IDUG journal, August 1999.
DB2 for OS/390 Data Sharing Locking by Robert Catterall, DB2 Mag, Spring 1999.
Database Recovery when Data Sharing by Sharad Pande, Entreprise Systems Journal, February 1998.
DB2's use of the coupling facility by Josten/Mohan/..., IBM Systems Journal volume 36 No. 2 1997.
DB2 Data Sharing : a performance perspective by Robert Catterall, DB2 Mag, Fall 1997.

Parallelism management

Getting the most out of DB2 Parallelism by Susan Lawson, DB2 Perf. Journal, May 2000 PDF format
Peak Parallel Performance: Secrets that a DBA should know by Smith/..., IDUG journal, August 1997.
Peak Parallel Performance: Principally programming by Smith/..., IDUG journal, November 1997.
Peak Parallel Performance: Savvy by Smith/Zeidenstein/Turnbaugh, IDUG journal, March 1998 .

Version 5

Implementing Online Reorg in a Production Environment by Craig Friske, IBM, November 1999.
On line Reorganization by Craig Friske and Jim Ruddy, DB2 Mag, Fall 1998.
Reoptimizing SQL statements by Sharad Pande, DB2 Mag, Summer 1998
A Method for Online Reorganization of a Database by Sockut/..., IBM Systems Journal, 1997.

Version 6

Proactive Data: DB2 Triggers by Willie Favero, ESJ, November 2000.
Migrating to DB2 for OS/390 - Version 6 and Version 7 by Roger Miller, IDUG journal, August 2000.
New features in Version 6 by Richard Yevich, IDUG journal, March 2000.
The Trigger Effect by Willie Favero, DB2 Mag, Spring 2000.
Introduction Object-Relational OS/390 by S. Lawson and R. Yevich, DB2 Mag, Spring 2000.
Everything you want to know about query processing... by Pat Selinger, IDUG Journal, November 1999.
DB2 UDB for OS/390 Version 6 : arriving soon by R.Yevich and S.Lawson, IDUG Journal, March 1999
Triggers and DB2 Version 6 by Craig Mullins, DB2 Update, March 1999.
Preparing for DB2 Version 6 by Craig Mullins, DB2 Update, October 1998.

Version 7

Ready For Anything by Gary Mordini, DB2 Mag, Fall 2000.
Seventh Heaven by Richard Yevich, DB2 Mag, Fall 2000.
DB2 UDB V7: the Database Solution for e-business by Lawson/Hubel/Mordini, IDUG journal, August 2000.
DB2 UDB V7: the Database Solution for e-business PDF format

Buffer Pool

DB2 UDB for OS/390 Storage Management by J. Campbell et M. Petras, IDUG journal, March 2000
DB2 UDB Version 6 Buffer Pools: Making waves by Susan Lawson, IDUG journal, March 2000.
It's Time to Re-think Your DB2 Buffer Pool Strategy by Martin Hubel, Martin Hubel Consulting Inc. PDF format
Group Buffer Pool Tuning by Robert Catterall, DB2 Mag, Winter 1997.
Identify and solve DB2 Buffer problems Part I by Daniel Kitay, Technical Support, November 1996.PDF format
Identify and solve DB2 Buffer problems Part II by Daniel Kitay, Technical Support, December 1996. PDF format

Stored procedures

Stored Procedure Version Control in DB2 Version 6 by Ramesh Bala, IDUG journal, March 2000
Using CICS EXCI and DB2 Stored Procedures by Donofrio/Anzmann/Rettman, DB2 Mag, Winter 1999.
Using DB2 stored procedures by Valarie Watson/Andrea Reid, The QMF reporter, January 1999
A new issue in DB2 performance management
by Ed Woods, Candle Report, September 1996.

Java, JDBC and SQLJ

Using Java with DB2 for OS/390 by Craig Mullins, DB2 Update, November 2000.
Of Java and DB2: Using Java Database Connectivity and SQLJ by Lou Marco, ESJ, November 2000.
Gettting Started with Java and DB2 for OS/390 by P. Abelite et M. Cathcart, ESJ, February 2000
Gettting Started with Java and DB2 for OS/390 PDF format

Type 2 Indexes

Goodbye Deadlocks and Timeouts by Indra Bishop/ Paul Kenney, Candle Report, February 1996.
Storage impact of type 2 indexes by Craig Mullins, RevealNet DB2 Pipeline, August 1999.

Data Administration

Using constraints to simulate domains by Craig Mullins, TDAN, December 1998.
What's in a name ? by Craig Mullins, TDAN, March 1998.

ERP

Tuning ERPs for DB2 by Susan Lawson and Richard Yevich, DB2 Mag, Summer 1999.
Tuning PeopleSoft Applications for DB2 OS/390 by Martin Hubel, Martin Hubel Consulting Inc. PDF format
Performance enhancements for SAP R/3 and DB2 by Daniel Kitay, IDUG Journal, August 1997.

Other subjects

DDF vs CICS by Robert Catterall, DB2 Mag, Winter 2000.
To Defer or Define: That is the Question by Denise Tabor, BMC Tech News, November 2000.
Transaction Recovery, Step by step, Part I by Mike Rizzo, BMC Tech News, November 2000.
Spatial Perception in DB2 for OS/390 by Bonnie Baker, DB2 Mag, Fall 2000.
Managing DB2 Application Performance by Martin Hubel, IDUG journal, August 2000.
Compress this by Robert Omerza, IDUG journal, March 2000.
Data Warehousing Guidelines for DB2 by Craig Mullins, ESJ, May 2000.
Application Performance: An Oxymoron by Richard Yevich, DB2 Perf. Journal, May 2000 PDF format
Emulating Recursive and Dynamic SQL by Sheryl Larsen, DB2 Perf. Journal, May 2000 PDF format
DASD Performance Issues for DB2 applications by Joel Goldstein, DB2 Perf. Journal, May 2000 PDF format
Much Ado about Nulls by Bonnie Baker, DB2 Mag, Spring 2000.
Time to Reconsider SMS by Robert Catterall, DB2 Mag, Spring 2000.
Plugging in XML by Harold Treat, DB2 Mag, Winter 1999
CICS-DB2 news you can use by Robert Catterall, DB2 Mag, Fall 1999.
Expanding the Reach of DB2 through TCP/IP by Ed Woods, Candle Report, February 1999. PDF format
High-Speed Transaction Recovery by Craig Mullins, ESJ, August 1998.
Leveraging the SQLCA by Bonnie Baker, DB2 Mag, Summer 1998.
RACF and DB2 by M. Nelson, M. Jordan and R. Miller, Technical Support, June 1998. PDF format
DB2 V4: Recovery with level-ids by Sharad Pande, ESJ, March 1998.
Object persistence in object-oriented applications by Srinivasan/..., IBM Systems Journal, 1997

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