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IBM WebSphere® Application Server V8.0 and later is installed by IBM Installation Manager, which does not provide a graphical user interface (GUI) on the IBM i platform. IBM Web Administration for i provides an easy-to-use GUI to manage the WebSphere Application Server installations and fixes. This article introduces you how to use the GUI to install a new WebSphere Application Server instance and update it to the latest fix pack level.

This article introduces the enterprise IBM® Mobile Database (DB) solution that can synchronize data from an IBM DB2® for i back-end database server to the embedded DB in the mobile device. This solution would be very useful to clients who do not have a continuous connection to their server.

This article introduces a journal-based data replication solution for IBM® i using IBM InfoSphere® CDC, which captures only data changes from the source IBM DB2® for i as they happen and delivers them to the target. The InfoSphere CDC solution supports not only data replication between homogeneous databases, but also supports heterogeneous databases, such as DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (DB2 for LUW), Oracle, and so on.

This article explains how to use IBM® OmniFind® Text Search Server for DB2 for i to index and search source physical files with multiple members. This support provides search capabilities for this IBM i object type that are similar to what is commonly available on the World Wide Web.

This article explains the main steps to configure Live Partition Mobility (LPM) for IBM i in an IBM® PureFlex™ System multichassis environment. Running LPM is also documented, according to a video caption taken during the IBM Flex System Manager™ GA3 release testing

The IBM® i 7.1 TR6 version of System SSL supports Transport Layer Security version 1.2 (TLSv1.2) and Transport Layer Security version 1.1 (TLSv1.1). Digital Certificate Manager (DCM) was enhanced with configuration options to allow the core IBM networking applications to support these protocols. FTP and Telnet are two examples of core networking applications. Vendor applications that are coded to a System SSL programming interface can use the new support with code changes.

IBM Navigator for i is a newly designed web based interface for managing your IBM i systems. Significant improvements have been made too many aspects of the navigator interface focusing on improved usability, performance and simplicity.

This article provides basic knowledge about Common Information Model (CIM) and explains how CIM works on IBM® i. It helps you understand CIM and the Web Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) technology, and briefs the relationship between the standardized technology and IBM i.

Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Tomcat and HTTP Server for i are both widely used web servers. They can be bundled together to take full use of their own advantages to run web solutions on IBM® i. This article introduces how to bring Tomcat to IBM i, associate with HTTP Server for i, and run a web application in the web environment.

Debugging heap memory problems within an application can be difficult on any platform. Fortunately, IBM i 6.1 and later releases provide support to help debug heap memory problems within the ILE environment. This article explains what heap memory is and illustrates the correct usage of heap memory from several ILE languages, including C, C++, RPG, COBOL, and CL. It also describes some of the common problems that occur when using the heap memory and how to use the support provided on IBM i to debug those problems.

IBM Rational Developer for Power Systems Software features an integrated source-level debugger that helps you debug applications written in different languages and running on different platforms. The key feature of the debugger is that its user interface client connects remotely to a debugger engine running on a different machine. This article shows you how to use the debugger's core features, its advanced features, and its integration with the rest of Rational Developer for Power Systems and other IBM technology.

Find out what's new in the various versions of Rational Developer for Power Systems Software, which provides integrated analysis, development, and debugging tools for IBM AIX, IBM i, and Linux operating systems.

In this knowledge path, you will learn the basic of how to take advantage of virtualization on the IBM Power Systems™ platform running the IBM i operating system.

International Components for Unicode (ICU) plays a key role in developing a globalized product. ICU is supported by option 39 of the base IBM i, however, you may want to build your customized version of ICU and include it together with your product. Building ICU on IBM i is as easy as building it on other platforms, but you may still experience some problems due to the platform difference. To avoid those problems, some environment variables should be set correctly. In this article, we introduce the steps on how to build ICU on IBM i and how to fix the potential problems when building it.

This article summarizes the common problems for IBM® Lotus® Domino®-based IBM Sametime® servers on IBM i and introduces some of the methods that can help a Sametime Server Administrator to diagnose and troubleshoot the problems. It also suggests methods for gathering useful information that might require IBM support to address the problems.

IBM® i Access Client Solutions provides a platform-independent interface that consolidates the most commonly used tasks for managing your IBM i system into one simplified location. Many businesses are already taking advantage of its simplicity and flexibility.

IBM® InfoSphere® Guardium® is an enterprise information audit and protection solution that helps enterprises to protect and audit information across a diverse set of relational and nonrelational data sources such as Oracle, Teradata, IMS, VSAM, Microsoft® SharePoint, and IBM Netezza®, and IBM DB2® for z/OS®, and DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows. With InfoSphere Guardium V9.0, DB2 for i can now be included as a data source, enabling you to monitor access through native interfaces and through SQL. This article provides a brief overview of the InfoSphere Guardium architecture, describes how to configure access (including best practices for performance), and describes how to access data activity reports.

This article presents several examples of using RPG to leverage the SQL/XML function delivered as part of IBM® DB2® for i 7.1. It shows how to embed SQL statements into an RPG program to perform relational queries that involve XML data and produce XML results. The SQL/XML publishing functions and the recently announced XMLTABLE function are demonstrated in this article.

IBM Lotus® Domino® software-based IBM Sametime® 8.5.2 and 8.5.2 Interim Feature Release (IFR) offers new features to enhance the user experience. This article examines the major new features offered in Domino-based Sametime 8.5.2 and 8.5.2 IFR on IBM i, including the new Java™ Launcher, offline message, and multi-file and folder transfer. This article will focus on introducing the configuration and server changes on IBM i besides the feature benefits.

High availability of the web server in an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) environment can be achieved through the use of the IBM® PowerHA® SystemMirror for i software. This article describes how to extend to an IPv6 highly available web server cluster on the IBM i HTTP Server with a takeover IP model.

When running SQL statements, you can run them either using system or SQL naming convention. The previous article was focused on the differences in ownership and access authorities when creating database objects with the SQL and system naming convention. This article examines the behavior differences with system and SQL naming when accessing tables and views as well as stored procedures and user-defined functions (UDFs), focusing mainly on the different behaviors when using unqualified references to those objects.

Despite over 20 years of IBM introducing larger and faster technology into the IBM i operating system, there are still data file limits that you must observe. One such limit is the maximum number of objects in a library. Hitting that limit compromises your backup policy and causes unnerving delays in the simplest procedures. How can you warn yourself of this impending crisis? Fortunately, the tools you need have been available in the operating system all along. This article discusses how you can use the Retrieve Disk Information (RTVDSKINF) command to gather information about the libraries in IBM i and create listings that can track libraries with excessive objects. The article also provides tips for creating queries to analyze the data from the RTVDSKINF procedure.

IBM i can now support aggregate Ethernet lines, also known as EtherChannel. EtherChannel makes your system more resilient to failures and adds performance to its network capabilities. This tip describes the prerequisites and implementation for taking advantage of this new feature.

This article provides insight to a migration exercise in clustered production environment and covers issues and resolutions on the way to successfully achieving the migration of complex network deployment configuration from IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment (ND) V6 to V7 on AIX 6.1 platform. The WebSphere and AIX system administrators would benefit most from this article as these migration issues may occur in one form or the other.

Traditionally, Traditionally, IBM DB2® for i catalog views have only provided metadata about existing database objects. A new set of catalog views also provide information about your IBM i system environment. Specifically, these view make it easy to access information about the Group PTFs and TCP/IP network connections related to your DB2 for i database.

This article shows you how to set up Single Sign On (SSO) on the IBM i platform. SSO allows you to sign on to your primary workstation and then access other systems and applications without having to sign on again. You'll learn how to set up all the required software and how to verify each step has completed properly before continuing to the next. Soon you'll be using 5250 Emulation, NetServer, IBM System i Navigator, IBM WebSphere® Application Server and the Java™ Toolbox to access your IBM i system without having to sign on to each. Please note that there are several different components that all have to work together, so the time required to implement SSO will depend on how comfortable you are with each of the components, but generally expect to spend several days.

Over the past few years, customers have focused on moving their IBM i printing to a "paperless" process. However, there is still a need for old-fashioned hard copies. Discover capabilities for managing or enhancing spool files (reports) that have been built into the operating system for years, and learn how - without purchasing any external software or utilities - you can save money on paper and preprinted forms.

The world of audits is a reality that more financial companies are learning to live with. One of the things being audited are the texts sent to social media sites like Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. This tutorial will guide you through how to do Twitter searches from RPG on IBM i and record the results into a DB2 table.

When executing SQL statements you can run them either using System or SQL Naming. The System Naming conventions follow the traditional methods used on IBM i systems such as library support. The SQL Naming mode on the other hand is defined in the SQL Standard and used by all other databases. When asking what is the difference between SQL and System Naming, you will normally get the answer, schema and object are either separated with a slash or a period. However there are many more differences especially with regard to the access authority and ownership of database objects created either using SQL or System Naming. This article will show the differences between SQL and System Naming primarily focusing on how the ownerships and access authorities vary when creating DB2 for i database objects (such as tables, stored procedures or triggers) with the two naming conventions.

Long time users of IBM Power Systems hardware may find themselves stuck with tape drives that are nearing obsolescence. Quarter-inch cartridges, 8mm, and reel-to-reel tape drives don't have much of a place in the IBM POWER6 and POWER7 world. Learn how you can use disk space to back up IBM i objects in a format that can be transmitted to any other IBM i system without using a common tape media, saving objects to save files or virtual tapes, and then using FTP to transmit them to another IBM i system or Windows disk drive.

This article provides a brief overview of DNS and demonstrates one method to move a master DNS server to a different system.

This article introduces the use of IBM i Toolbox for Java to access integrated file system files and directories. This article shows how to use integrated file system classes provided by IBM Toolbox for Java to manage files in the integrated file system.

This article describes a set of DB2 stored procedures that can be used by administrators to identify common problems related to OmniFind Text Search server for DB2 for i, so that issues with text search servers and text search indexes can be resolved quickly without the need for advanced support.

Debugging IBM i programs can be challenging if you are new to IBM i or used to debugging applications with graphical tools. This article shows you how to debug programs graphically using the integrated IBM i debugger.

IBM Rational Developer for i for SOA Construction (sometimes referred to as RDi SOA) is a software bundle for IBM System i developers. Because it combines Rational Developer for Power Systems Software, RPG and COBOL development tools for IBM i (RD Power) and Rational Business Developer, it offers a complete solution to rapidly extend existing RPG and COBOL applications to a web or SOA environment. This article describes a scenario where RDi SOA is used to leverage existing RPG assets and transition to a services-based approach for delivery of key business functions.

This article explains how a high Max Active setting for a memory pool can affect the fair share of memory, thereby influencing the DB2 for i query optimizer to sometimes choose an inefficient access plan.

Moving from a DDS to SQL database on DB2 for i can be accomplished without changing a single line of program code or recompiling a program. In this article I will describe how to use Rational Open Access: RPG Edition to take advantage of advanced data centric programming techniques only available via SQL programming.

According to the SQL Standard, hierarchical (e.g. organization charts, bill of materials) or bi-directional data (e.g. flight connections) can be evaluated by using a recursive common table expression (RCTE). RCTEs were delivered with release V5R4 of DB2 for i. Other databases such as Oracle use a non-standard method for querying data called hierarchical query clause. To allow maximum portability the hierarchical query clause is introduced with PTF SF99701 Version 9 in DB2 for i. This article will explain the syntax of the hierarchical query clause, how it can be implemented in composition with new operators, pseudo columns and special scalar functions.

Performance Data Investigator (PDI) is a web-based graphical user interface that ships as part of IBM Systems Director Navigator for i. This article covers the key steps needed to modify PDI perspectives and save them for future use. PDI is an extensible tool that aids in analysis of data from various collectors such as Collection Services, Job Watcher, Disk Watcher, and Performance Explorer. PDI is shipped with several content packages each containing numerous perspectives. The perspectives define views to render your data in chart or table form. With the ability to customize these charts and tables, you have the power to gain the most insight to your data specific to your needs.

This article describes a set of APIs which enable programmatic access and management of Domino servers on IBM i. The article includes code examples to demonstrate the usage of APIs to perform these tasks.

This article advertises the existence and role of the new IBM developerWorks wiki: IBM i Technology Updates.

This article explains and contrasts IBM Toolbox for Java and JTOpen support. For either of these java interfaces, this article highlights some of the most useful programming resources for IBM i.

Along with the evolution of the IBM i platform, the tools and compilers for this operating system have also evolved. This article provides a quick overview of the Rational technologies that can help developers modernize and exploit the IBM i operating system.

Significant performance benefits can be achieved when DB2 for i indexes or tables reside on Solid State Disks (SSD). The Change Physical File Member (CHGPFM) and Change Logical File (CHGLFM) commands can now be used to concurrently move a member (or partition) of an index or table on or off SSD storage.

This article demonstrates how you can invoke a web service from an RPG application using a new feature of the integrated web services client for ILE - the ability to generate an RPG proxy (or stub).

This article will explain how to use OmniFind Text Search Server for DB2 for i to index and search IFS Stream files and Spool Files. This provides search capabilities for IBM i objects; similar to what is commonly available using web search engines.

DB2 for i 7.1 includes support for the MERGE SQL statement. This article gives an overview of MERGE and includes examples showing how it can be used to simplify applications.

The RPG language has many aspects to it that have survived the test of time, like it's ease of database access and simple modularity structure. But other areas of RPG have lagged behind, like the user interfacing layer and a modern approach to community documentation. This article will describe how you can use RPG to build a modern interface that addresses the community supplied documentation need by combining new browser framework technology (for example, ExtJS) and existing back-end server software (such as, Apache, RPG and DB2 for i).

This article provides an overview of Solid State Disks (SSDs), and how they can be implemented and used effectively on IBM i. It also discusses a simple method to determine and move potential frequently referenced objects to SSDs to take full advantage at the lowest cost of implementation.

The Performance Data Investigator (PDI) is available with the IBM Systems Director Navigator Web console. Using PDI, you can do analysis of performance data from Collection Services, Job Watcher, Disk Watcher, and Performance Explorer. This article reviews the key features of PDI.

PowerHA SystemMirror for i is low maintenance, easy to manage, and always ready to switch. Read about how PowerHA SystemMirror has a replication technology to fit every IBM i environment.

The IBM Application Runtime Expert (ARE) is an exciting new product created exclusively for IBM i. ARE has the potential to make you re-think your entire approach to system management, application problem determination, product support, and testing.

Column-level encryption support is one of the major headline DB2 features in the IBM i 7.1 release. The DB2 for i 7.1 support enables transparent column-level encryption implementations with a field-level exit routine known as a field procedure. Discover how this exciting support allows developers to more easily and flexibly build a secure application.

When extended with the downloadable IBM Integration Module, the IBM Optim pureQuery Runtime simplifies the process of generating DB2 static SQL for Hibernate and iBATIS applications. It does this without requiring you to make changes to your application code or to gather SQL from production workloads. The Optim pureQuery Runtime also enables Hibernate and iBATIS applications that access DB2 or Informix to benefit from the heterogeneous batching feature in pureQuery. With the heterogeneous batching feature, you can batch multiple INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE requests before sending them across the network, even when the requests reference multiple tables. This article is part two of a two-part series. It describes using the IBM Integration Module with iBATIS applications. This article includes a downloadable sample application that illustrates how you can easily enable static SQL and heterogeneous batch functions with iBATIS applications. Part one of the series focuses on Hibernate applications.

The article describes what is new in version 7.5 of IBM Rational Developer for Power Systems Software and gives an overview of the basic functions. This is the follow-on product for IBM Rational Developer for IBM i software.

With DB2 for i, parallel processing is useful for more than just queries. Batch processing, data loads, and index builds can all occur much faster if you use multiple processors to do that work. [2010 Aug 19: The author updated this article with content based on enhancements in DB2 for i Version 7.1. --Ed.]

The latest version of IBM DB2 for i boasts a trunkload of features designed to make your job easier. This overview article highlights some of the most interesting enhancements in DB2 for i 7.1, including adaptive performance tuning via Adaptive Query Processing (AQP), a real-time self-tuning engine, additional SQL features, and improved encryption integration that does not require additional coding.

Applications utilizing SQL experience the best performance when processed by the DB2 for i SQL Query Engine (SQE). However, your use of SQE may be hampered if your database uses keyed logical files containing select/omit criteria. This article describes how you can use the IGNORE_DERIVED_INDEX query options attribute to maximize the use of the SQL Query Engine with databases that contain keyed logical files.

This article explains how to collect a SQL Performance Monitor and understand how many of the SQL queries are using SQE and why other SQL statements continue to use CQE. SQE is the strategic query engine on DB2 for i, with better performance, scaling and tooling such as the SQL Plan Cache.

This summary of the common SQL application features is a quick reference for application developers who need to understand the frequently used features and functions across platforms.

The SQLDA (SQL descriptor area) is the tried and true mechanism for SQL applications to provide and receive detail and data. The SQLDA was not designed to accommodate many of the recent extensions, attributes, and capabilities found within IBM DB2 for i. The SQL descriptor support was added to DB2 for i on V5R4. Discover how this exciting extension to the SQL support allows application programs new ways to solve problems under the comforting umbrella of the DB2 standardized solution.

The IBM DB2 for i 6.1 enhancements provide a great foundation for taking your business solutions to new levels. In this article, discover how IBM has delivered the new, sophisticated technology while still maintaining the easy-to-use nature of DB2 for i that has spoiled developers and administrators through the years.

This demon shows how to change an existing employee list application using WebSphere Development Studio Client (WDSC), Rational Business Developer Extension (RBDE), and Rational ClearCase. The demo changes Report Program Generator (RPG) business logic and Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) Web application front end logic under source control in ClearCase using the iSeries project perspective and the WebSphere Development Studio Client/Rational Business Developer Extension workbench Web perspective. This demo shows how to access assets in ClearCase, check them out into the WebSphere Development Studio Client workspace and then work with the iSeries projects perspective to make the changes required and rebuild the application on i5/OS.

With IBM pureQuery technology and tools, detect various problems as you code SQL inside your Java program. Boost productivity developing database applications under different scenarios during a product development and deployment cycle, and customize SQL validation to your needs.

The no-charge IBM Migration Toolkit can simplify and improve your migration to DB2 Database for Linux, UNIX, and Windows, DB2 on iSeries, DB2 on z/OS, and Informix Dynamic Server. This migration utility provides a wizard, an easy-to-use graphical interface with only five steps, as well as a command line interface to help you quickly convert existing Oracle, Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE), Sybase SQL Anywhere (ASA), and Microsoft SQL Server database objects to DB2 Database for Linux, UNIX, and Windows, DB2 on iSeries, DB2 on z/OS, and IDS.

Many System i developers are starting to use SQL to create their database objects instead of the proprietary non-SQL interfaces. This article will show you how to use a schema with DB2 for i5/OS to group related database objects. This article, formerly entitled "Managing DB2 UDB for iSeries Schemas and Journals", has been updated for DB2 for i5/OS.

DB2 for i5/OS on V5R4 has been enhanced to include an index advice condenser feature to simplify the analysis of index advice from the query optimizer. Much of the raw index advice generated by DB2 has some redundancy and overlap that should be considered when creating indexes based on the advice. This article explains how the new index advisor condenser simplifies this task as well as the interfaces available for using the ondenser..

So, what's new in the distributed transaction processing area? Federated two-phase commit, a new feature in WebSphere Federation Server Version 9.1 that enables multi-site updates in a distributed transaction environment. Learn how this feature provides location transparency, transaction coordination, error recovery during two-phase commit, resynchronization, and performs indoubt transaction resolution manually.

Implement the new performance tuning enhancement in the CLI. As an added benefit, you will have to leverage iSeries Navigator's Performance Monitor feature to analyze any query's optimization goal.

Learn how DB2(R) implements requests using various database feedback mechanisms, and understand how the database engine works. Compare the use of Visual Explain with the use of the database monitors or the SQE Plan Cache, and learn when to use which mechanism. Use DB2 for i5/OS(R) to ask for and receive feedback on demand. Then use the iSeries(TM) Navigator to analyze, understand, and tune SQL requests.

Learn about PHP database application development on i5/OS using the Zend Core for i5/OS product. Also, learn how to install Zend Core, and deploy and run a PHP script to access data stored in a DB2 UDB for iSeries database.

To take full advantage of the spatial intelligence in your data, turn the separate numeric columns containing coordinate data into a single spatial column, so you can display the locations on a map and analyze spatial relationships using a Geographic Information System (GIS) or the DB2 Spatial Extender. This article shows you how to create and maintain such a column and covers all the aspects of this simple process, including map projections, spatial indexing, and error handling. As an application example, it shows how to perform simple, distance-based queries. Sample code included.

Learn what steps to take to troubleshoot problems with DB2 Content Manager for iSeries.

Learn to use the DB2 Content Manager’s APIs on iSeries. This document addresses the high-level functions of the APIs.

When you plan your eClient system, include performance planning to ensure that you have the right amount of disk space, system memory, and the correct software prerequisite level.

Learn to use the IBM DB2 Content Manager eClient for iSeries. This document addresses the high-level functions of the eClient application.

This article is a simplified user's guide for customizing the DB2 Content Manager eClient Standard Edition for iSeries. It addresses the high-level functions of customizing the eClient.

This is a simplified user's guide for IBM DB2 Content Manager document routing on iSeries. This document addresses the high-level functions of document routing. Use this information in conjunction with the installation manuals and online help.

Learn to use the DB2 Content Manager Client for Windows on iSeries. Walk through high-level functions of the Window's Client.

This article guides you through the installation of DB2 Content Manager Standard Edition for iSeries. The article discusses the installation of the prerequisite software, Content Manager, System Administrator Client, Windows Client, and the eClient. Use this information in conjunction with the Planning and Installation Guide for Content Manager Standard Edition.

This article provides steps for setting up the data model for a DB2 Content Manager system.

IBM has announced and introduced DB2 tools for Visual Studio 2005 to allow rapid application development, database schema development, and debugging along with numerous other new features. The functionality enables you to build applications for the DB2 family of databases without writing a single line of code, to create and alter complex database objects using designers, and to debug SQL procedures for a range of DB2 platforms. IBM tooling is available on all of the Visual Studio 2005 editions or Visual Studio 2005 team editions. This article provides an overview of the new functionality provided by IBM for Visual Studio 2005.

The efforts of JSR114 bring you the offering of serializable disconnected objects in Java 1.5. With these objects, you can connect to a DB2 UDB database and grab data locally. You can then release your database connection and manipulate the data offline. At a later time, you can reconnect to your database and synchronize changes made to the disconnected objects. In this article, I will show you how you can perform offline JOIN operations on your DB2 Universal Database data using the JoinRowSet interface. Sample code included.

Learn how DB2 UDB handles character conversion. This article starts with a discussion of basic character code concepts including code pages, code points, and encoding schemes, followed by a more detailed explanation about how code pages are set, and how the character conversion occurs. The article presents some generic scenarios and examples for ease of understanding.

DB2 Connect has become the choice method for opening up DB2 for z/OS databases and all of the traditional recognized benefits of the zSeries hardware platform to the world of applications that run off the mainframe -- namely, distributed applications. This is the second article in a two part series that will give you an introduction into the ability for DB2 Connect to provide unified access to distributed heterogeneous data. This capability greatly enhances your ability to deliver on demand solutions.

Want an overview of the DB2 UDB V8.2 Development Add-In and managed provider for the Microsoft .NET platform? Learn about the key new RAD features, DB2 database project, the rich scripting wizards, and the CLR stored procedures support that are tightly integrated into the Visual Studio .NET IDE and see how they will simplify your application development tasks.

Learn how to use iBATIS in Java applications and J2EE applications. This article covers the iBATIS syntax, accessing data sources, setting up WebSphere Studio projects to support iBATIS, and querying DB2 using iBATIS.

This summary of the common SQL application features is a quick reference for application developers who need to understand the frequently used features and functions across platforms.

This article describes a Java implementation for a DB2 UDB user-defined function that takes as input two parameters, a UTC timestamp and a locale name, and returns the timestamp equivalent in the new locale. Sample code included.

Kent Milligan explains what cursor sensitivity is and how it's programmatically controlled on DB2 UDB for iSeries. In addition, the article covers the performance impacts of using the different cursor sensitivity settings.

This article shows how to extend an ASP.NET Web Service application (covered in a previous article) to let clients update the database.

This article demonstrates how to use the Architect edition of Borland Delphi 8 for the Microsoft .NET Framework, and specifically the functionality found in the Borland Enterprise Core Objects section, to design an Object Model that is made persistent inside the DB2 UDB SAMPLE database.

This article shows how to use Borland Delphi 8 for the Microsoft .NET Framework to build ASP.NET Web applications that connect to IBM DB2 Universal Database tables; display the data in a special ASP.NET DataGrid control; and edit, apply, or undo changes in these database tables.

Part of a series on DB2 UDB connectivity, this article focuses on DB2 for iSeries connectivity. It covers three scenarios: connecting from DB2 UDB for iSeries clients to DB2 UDB for Linux, UNIX and Windows servers, connecting from DB2 UDB for iSeries clients to DB2 UDB for z/OS subsystem servers, and connecting from DB2 UDB for iSeries clients to DB2 UDB for iSeries servers.

Bob Swart demonstrates two Borland data-access technologies for connecting to IBM DB2 tables. SQL Links and dbExpress can be used by both Delphi and C++ Builder developers.

This article describes an open source application called SQuirreL SQL Client that provides an easy-to-use interface to DB2 UDB as well as a number of other vendor databases like Oracle and SQL Server. If your job requires you to interface with many different databases in the course of a day, this may be the tool for you.

This article builds on an earlier article that showed how to build an application using IBM DB2 UDB tables, C#Builder, and BDP for .NET, and then deploy it as an ASP.NET Web form (with a powerful asp:DataGrid control).

This article shows you how to build an application using IBM DB2 UDB tables, C#Builder, and BDP for .NET, and then deploy it as an ASP.NET Web form (with a powerful asp:DataGrid control), so users can work with the DB2 UDB tables using a Web browser.

This article shows how to add authentication to DataSnap applications using a special Login method; points out that the importance of combining this with SSL certificates for increased security; and describes how to deploy the DataSnap server application on a Web server machine.

This article shows you how to build database applications using Borland C++Builder and IBM DB2 Universal Database.