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DB2USA: DB2 for OS/390 links by a Frenchman in the United States


I update DB2USA website several times a month. I listed here the last modifications. You can find new DB2USA pages and new links available after every update.

If you use other links, just let me know:
db2usa@multimania.com

Contents

First year

Back issues

Links about DB2

USA chronicles

Paris and San Francisco

Bon voyage en France

Living in France

Events in NYC

















































































































































DB2USA back issues updated on 12/16/99

Thursday, December 16th 1999

Links about DB2
IBM Announcements:
- Withdrawal IBM Database 2 Version 3 (effective February 29, 2000).
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DB2 High Performance Unload is available.
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IBM DB2 OLAP Server for OS/390, Version 1.1 , same functionality as Unix version.

QDUG : Québec DB2 Users Guide from Canada has its own Web site.

Technical papers about DB2
Winter issue of DB2 Mag is available :
Using CICS EXCI and DB2 Stored Procedures by Donofrio/Anzmann/Rettman, DB2 Mag, Winter 1999
Looking for a Little Order by Bonnie Baker, DB2 Mag, Winter 1999

November issue of IDUG Journal is available :
Everything you want to know about query processing... by Pat Selinger, IDUG Journal, November 1999
Outer joins: No More Worries by Richard Yevich, IDUG Journal, November 1999

DB2 redbooks
A new redbook was added :
SG24-4945-02 1999-11-22 SAP R/3 on DB2 for OS/390: Implementing with AIX or Windows NT PDF format


Wednesday, December 1st 1999

DB2USA's first year
DB2USA celebrates its first year online. 250+ links about DB2 available and 5,000+ hits from 30 different countries

Links about DB2
If you're a Compuserve subscriber, you can access to messages section of IBM DB2 Family Forum. But everybody can access to the files section. Select DB2/MVS.

Take a look at
chapter one (The Magic Words) and appendix from Craig Mullins book: DB2 Developer's Guide, Third Edition, table of contents.

Take a look at chapter one (Day1 - What Can DB2 Do For You?) and appendix from Susan Visser's book: Teach Yourself DB2 Universal Database in 21 days, table of contents .

Database Central 's links

DB2 redbooks
Join the team to write the new DB2 for OS/390 Management Tools Package, SW-M401 redbook.

Bon voyage en France
Embassy World : directory of the embassies and consulates worldwide including France.

Living in France
Embassy World : directory of the embassies and consulates worldwide including France.


Wednesday, November 17th 1999

Links about DB2
How to install Control Center (CC/390) is available on IBM's website. This graphical tool provides support to help you manage DB2 databases in your work place.

Is your DB2 subsystem Y2K compliant ? IBM wrote these documents : DB2 and Y2K and roadmap .
Official IBM
Year 2000 website.

Delta DB : some former employees of Platinum France created their own company.

Guide : Read official letter from its former president.

DB2 conferences
DB2 and IMS : IBM technical conferences, Barcelona (Spain) 20-24 March 2000.
IDUG 12th North American conference : Dallas,TX 14-18 May 2000.
DB2 and Data Warehouse : IBM technical conferences, Las Vegas (USA) 16-20 October 2000.
IDUG 9th European conference : Geneva (Switzerland) 23-26 October 2000.


Monday, November 1st 1999

Links about DB2
IBM added two new documents (PDF format):
REXX Language Support lets your REXX programs access DB2 data.
Preview of SQL Procedures : SQL/PSM (Persistent Stored Modules) language support in order to create stored procedures quickly and easily.

Document
What's new in version 5 G26-8971 PDF format is available in format HTML.

DB2 Today, IBM's DB2 newsletter is now available online: September.
Titanium : After CA's Platinum acquisition, former employees created a new company.

TDAN : Data Admistration newsletter and archives: 10 issues available online.

Technical papers about DB2
Data processing division of Nebraska State
:
DB2 applications reference and DB2 SQL coding rules of thumb .

List 1991-1996 of DB2 Update articles sorted by title.


Sunday, October 17th 1999

Links about DB2
DB2-L newsgroup is hosted by RYC:
- DB2L-L@american.edu : DB2-L's FAQ

Previous archives are still available:
DB2L-L@american.edu

Technical papers about DB2
August issue of IDUG journal is available on line:
Tuning SQL with Statistics by Patrick Bossman, IDUG journal, August 1999.
Data Sharing Performance Enhancements by Susan Lawson, IDUG journal, August 1999.

DB2 redbooks
Two new redbooks added :
SG24-5343-00 1999-10-13 SAP R/3 on DB2 for OS/390: Disaster Recovery
SG24-5485-00 1999-10-12 Cool ways to develop DB2 Stored procedures (redpiece)

The following redpiece is now a redbook:
SG24-5362-00 1999-09-21 Storage management with DB2 for OS/390.


Archives : back issues before Sunday, October 17th 1999


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