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		<title>Which database are you using?</title>
		<link>http://freedb2.com/2008/08/08/which-database-are-you-using/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leon</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>There is still time to register for the 2008 IDUG Symposium in India</title>
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		<comments>http://freedb2.com/2008/08/05/there-is-still-time-to-register-for-the-2008-idug-symposium-in-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are reading this post on FreeDB2.com, take a look to the right of this text and you will see a badge for IDUG Symposium in Bangalore India. It will be held at the Hotel Le Meridien August 21-23, 2008. For those of you in India, this promises to be a great event. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The demise of the open source fanatic</title>
		<link>http://freedb2.com/2008/08/03/the-demise-of-the-open-source-fanatic/</link>
		<comments>http://freedb2.com/2008/08/03/the-demise-of-the-open-source-fanatic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent the last week in Portland at the O&#8217;Reilly Open Source Convention also known as OSCON. We were part of the IBM exhibit talking to people about DB2 Express-C. OSCON is an interesting conference. Basically it is a big lovefest for the open source guys. Imagine about 2500 geeks all assembled in a single [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tell us what you really think about DB2 Express-C</title>
		<link>http://freedb2.com/2008/07/23/tell-us-what-you-really-think-about-db2-express-c/</link>
		<comments>http://freedb2.com/2008/07/23/tell-us-what-you-really-think-about-db2-express-c/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumability survey is still available. Why not tell us what you think about your experience with getting and using DB2 Express-C. If you still don&#8217;t have DB2 Express-C you can download and use it free for as long as you want and you can store as much data as you want. Really, I am not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DB2 Express-C at OSCON 2008 in Portland</title>
		<link>http://freedb2.com/2008/07/21/db2-express-c-at-oscon-2008-in-portland/</link>
		<comments>http://freedb2.com/2008/07/21/db2-express-c-at-oscon-2008-in-portland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We will have a pedestal in the exhibit hall at the O&#8217;Reilly Opens Source Conference 2008 that is on this week at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. While sessions and tutorials pass does cost but money admittance to the Expo Hall is free. If you are at the conference on Wednesday or Thursday stop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where did my Data Studio go?</title>
		<link>http://freedb2.com/2008/07/20/where-did-my-data-studio-go/</link>
		<comments>http://freedb2.com/2008/07/20/where-did-my-data-studio-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So, you downloaded the free DB2 Express-C and you have started to play around with it. Maybe you created sample database and started to explore it using DB2 Control Center. If you are a developer, you may find that DB2 Control Center does not quite fit what you think of a a development tool. It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everything you ever wanted to know about a DB2 table but did not know where to look</title>
		<link>http://freedb2.com/2008/07/15/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-a-db2-table-but-did-not-know-where-to-look/</link>
		<comments>http://freedb2.com/2008/07/15/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-a-db2-table-but-did-not-know-where-to-look/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leon</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Administration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[DB2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just like any other DBMS, DB2 keeps all of your data in tables. The tables are organized in a usual i.e. data is stored in rows with each row having one or more columns. This is true even in the case when the data that is stored as XML. Hopefully it is not a surprise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The declaration of independence</title>
		<link>http://freedb2.com/2008/07/04/the-declaration-of-independence/</link>
		<comments>http://freedb2.com/2008/07/04/the-declaration-of-independence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Given that our American neighbors are celebrating the declaration of their independence today I figured I will post a declaration of independence for this blog. As of today this blog is no longer hosted on WordPress.com. Instead, FreeDB2.com is not hosted on self-managed on an ISP account (on Site5.com). What does this switch mean to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comparing Free databases: Oracle XE vs DB2 Express-C</title>
		<link>http://freedb2.com/2008/06/19/comparing-free-databases-oracle-xe-vs-db2-express-c/</link>
		<comments>http://freedb2.com/2008/06/19/comparing-free-databases-oracle-xe-vs-db2-express-c/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Before I get too far in to this I&#8217;d like to get a couple of things straight:

I am biased and
I actually like Oracle XE but I like DB2 Express-C more &#8230; see point 1

Now that I got this off my chest, I wanted to do a quick comparison between these two products from the two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IBM may open source DB2</title>
		<link>http://freedb2.com/2008/06/16/ibm-may-open-source-db2/</link>
		<comments>http://freedb2.com/2008/06/16/ibm-may-open-source-db2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>leon</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;IBM may open source DB2&#8243; is the headline headline in today&#8217;s article by Tom Espiner on ZDNet.co.uk. The article is based on the interview with Chris Livesey,  IBM UK director of information management. I posted a comment on the article but I figured I&#8217;d provide a more complete explanation here in the blog.
Before I [...]]]></description>
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