This week’s show took place today… and I missed it!  I thought I still had an extra day to promote it.  So, if you’re like me and missed the show, you can listen to the replays.  Here’s what happened in the past week:

Thursday April 21

The DB2Night Show #50: Put on the Boxing Gloves, DB2 LUW vs Oracle, Part 1

Julian Stuhler from Triton Consulting and Rick Sobiesiak of IBM Canada presented findings from their DB2 LUW versus Oracle Usability study.  The study examines the major differences between DB2 9.7 and Oracle 11gR2, and assesses the complexity of each.  Very impressive results, which I’ll let you discover by reading the study or watching the replay. 

Round 1: Installation

Round 2: Data Compression

Round 3: Index Compression

Round 4: Backup & Recovery

If you want to see the complete study, down load the free Whitepaper: Quantitative Complexity Analysis.

Get the commentary and the replay.  In the commentary, you’ll find links to several blog entries that were written in conjunction with this study.

Monday April 25

The DB2Night Show #Z01: The history of DB2 for z/OS

The launch of the DB2 for z/OS version of the DB2Night Show hosted by Klaas Brant.  The first show featured special guest Roger Miller who spoke of the history of DB2.  Klaas mentions in his wrap up of the show that there were many things mentioned that he wasn’t aware of even though he had been using DB2 since V1.2.  Also, this show marks the last visit Roger will make on the DB2Night Show as he will retire in a few weeks.  Roger, you’ll be missed!!

Get the commentary and the replay. 

Thursday April 28

The DB2Night Show #51: Put on the Boxing Gloves, DB2 LUW vs Oracle, Part 2

Julian Stuhler and Rick Sobiesiak continued presented findings from their DB2 LUW versus Oracle Usability study.  Make sure you make it known as to which of the tasks covered in either show you’d like to see demonstrated on a future DB2Night Show. 

Round 5: Memory Tuning

Round 6: Data Access Control

Interesting comments & questions that came up during the show:

• Scott recommended that audience members also check out The DB2Night Show #14: Crunching the Numbers and DB2 STMM.
• Question from the audience whether IBM is making DB2 so easy to put DBAs out of business or to give DBAs a chance to improve their golf game.
• Question from the audience: why is Oracle so popular if DB2 is so great?
• Many questions on STMM.

There were so many questions today, but they will be answered in the Replay Blog.

Get the commentary and the replay.

Next week: IDUG.

And, the week after IDUG:

Monday May 9

The DB2Night Show z/OS Edition #02: DB2 for z/OS Now and into the Future

Jeff Josten will share the latest news with DB2 z/OS V10 and offer his insights into what may be coming next in DB2 z/OS: The Future of DB2

Friday May 13

The DB2Night Show Episode #52 - : DB2 for LUW Best Practices: Writing and Tuning Queries for Optimal Performance

John Hornibrook from the IBM Toronto Lab will spend 90 minutes to give his query optimization talk.  John is also back for another show taking place on Friday May 20.  Since that is so long from now, check out a previous show with John that was ranked one of the best of the first season:  Episode 11. DB2 9.7 Optimizer Updates with special guest John Hornibrook from IBM.

As always, a great learning and entertainment opportunity via the DB2 Night Show.  Thanks Scott!  Good luck in Nashville on the marathon.

Susan