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’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 [...]
Tell us what you really think about DB2 Express-C
July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
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Everything you ever wanted to know about a DB2 table but did not know where to look
July 15th, 2008 · No Comments
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 [...]
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Comparing Free databases: Oracle XE vs DB2 Express-C
June 19th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Before I get too far in to this I’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 … 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 [...]
IBM may open source DB2
June 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments
“IBM may open source DB2″ is the headline headline in today’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’d provide a more complete explanation here in the blog.
Before I [...]
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It is now easier to download DB2 Express-C
June 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments
It is a small improvement but for those of us who do not like to fill out forms it is an important one. Starting today, you no longer have to register for an IBM ID to download DB2 Express-C for free. Up until today if you wanted to download DB2 Express-C and you have not [...]
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