by Tony Salerno | Apr 30, 2019 | Blog, Database
IBM’s Db2 (previously DB2 up until 2017) is a popular Relational Database Management System used by businesses of all sizes in the computer software and IT service industries. Originally developed for the relational model, IBM has extended Db2’s support to...
by Tony Salerno | Apr 18, 2019 | Blog, Database
Informix is an RDBMS, coincidentally started its life from a company by the name of Relational Database Systems or RDS. The database product was acquired by IBM in 2001 and is now fondly referred to as IBM Informix. Informix is ideal for situations where minimal...
by XTIVIA | Jan 11, 2017 | Blog, Db2
What is db2prereqcheck? db2prereqcheck is a tool IBM provides to check for all OS and software prerequisites prior to and during the installation of Db2. It is included with every fixpack and base code that Db2 provides. When to use db2preqcheck Use db2prereqcheck...
by Barrie Shaw | Jan 6, 2017 | Blog, Informix
Online Defragmentation Do you have large tables that contain too many extents but haven’t been able to schedule a maintenance window to reorganize? With the release of Informix 11.70, IBM introduced a new defragmentation utility that lets you reorganize a table...
by XTIVIA | Jun 15, 2016 | Blog, Db2
Today is the day! On June 15, 2016, a new version of Db2 is being released! IBM has also announced that Db2 9.7 AND Db2 10.1 will reach “End of Support” on September 30, 2017. There is so much information flying out there, so I thought I’d share some...
