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DB2 Express-C at OSCON 2008 in Portland

We will have a pedestal in the exhibit hall at the O’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 by the IBM booth 401 and say hello to Leon Katsnelson (me) and Rav Ahuja.

OSCON is all about open source so “free” is presumed. So, with DB2 Express-C we are focusing on what makes it really different from other DBMS both open source and [...]

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Is 64-bit DB2 Express-C better than 32-bit?

This is a question I get asked quite often (twice this week) so I figured I may as well put the answer in to digital ink. If you ever worked with IBMers you probably know that our ready made answer is “it depends”. As much as I hate it I will not stray from this tradition. So, when asked if using 64-bit DB2 Express-C makes sense I have to answer with “it depends” but I will explain how to quickly and easily make the right decision.

By now you probably guessed that DB2 Express-C is available as both 32-bit and 64-bit [...]

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