http://www.db2expert.com DB2EXPERT.COM is a DB2 DBA and developer website created by the DB2 consultants of Yevich, Lawson, and Associates. en-us Copyright 2005-2009, Yevich, Lawson, and Associates info@DB2EXPERT.COM Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Sign up for the free BMC webinar on utilizing indexes featuring Dan and Susan this June 23rd. Simply follow the link on the events page Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Long overdue updates to the site have begun. Susan has a new profile, new events have been added to the events page, and two new articles are available on the links page. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com A new podcast on caching is available on the podcasts page Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com The IOD podcasts on certification and Optim are now available on the podcast page and via RSS. Our recent BMC webcast on SQL can be replayed via a link on the links page. The companion whitepaper to that webcast on SMART SQL usage is available from the links or the download page. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com We have a new podcast on enterprise architecture on the podcasts page. The event schedule has been updated with details for our live IOD podcast party, and don't forget We're also doing a webinar for BMC in November. Check out the events page for details. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com The event schedule has been updated for the remainder of the year. Look for our strong presence at IDUG Europe and IBM IOD. We're also doing a webinar for BMC in November. Check out the events page for details. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com The BMC DB2 for z/OS Performance Guide is now available on the downloads page. Feel free to contact BMC for a hard copy also! Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com The BMC DB2 for z/OS Backup and Recovery Guide is now available on the downloads page. Feel free to contact BMC for a hard copy also! Sat, 30 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Several new events and abstracts have been posted for new topics we are starting to talk about as we blaze yet more new trails. Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com A new podcast featuring several senior IBM developers talking about the next version of DB2 for z/OS is now available on the podcasts page. There's a new article on the links page concerning enterprise architecture. Also, Dan and Susan are 2009 IBM Data Champions! Take a look at our credentials on the consultants page. Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com The first podcast of our new series, On the Bar Stool with the DB2 Coctail Hour, is available on the podcasts page. We have a new zJournal article on name searching on the links page. I finally uploaded the extra three shots od DB2 performance from our January podcast. Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com We've started updating the events page for 2009. Check back often for more updates. A new podcasts, the last of series 2, has been added to the podcast page. We are now offering 10% off all of our services for 2009 in celebration of our 10th anniversary! Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Some updates have been made to the events page with the addition of several public certification classes. Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com A live podcast event from IOD North America 2008 has been added to the podcasts page. A Data Studio link has been added to the links page. Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com A live podcast event from IDUG Europe 2008 has been added to the podcasts page, and a link to our latest zJournal article on as of imaging is on the links page. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com We updated our podcast page with a new podcast about when to do REORG, RUNSTAT, and REBIND. We also updated the documentation for the previous podcast on optimistic locking. There's a link to a new zJournal article about minimizing the SQL statements you issue on the links page. We've also seriously updated the events page with appearances at IDUG Europe, IOD, and a BMC webinar. Also, there's a new UDF on the downloads page that does hex to small integer conversions. Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Come see us at IDUG. We have a huge presence there with educational seminars, a presentation, a VSP, and two SIGs! Check out the Events Page for the details. There's a new podcast about optimistic locking on the Podcasts Page, and we've updated some of our offerings with the expansion of DB2 9 services. Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com The DB2 Estimator page is now gone. We found the download and updated our link on the links page. Get it before it goes away! Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com We put a new podcast up on the series 2 podcast page about EXPLAIN. We also have the new BMC DB2 9 for z/OS EXPLAIN poster on the downloads page, along with DB2 9 for z/OS EXPLAIN table DDL. We also fixed some broken links on the RUGS page. Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com There has been a huge update to celebrate the new year (OK, actually because we were really busy, and the holiday break gave us a change to update)! Here's a short list: Two new podcasts on the series 2 podcast page about data sharing and stored procedures. The DB2 for z/OS 9 Certification Guide is out, and we have a link to it on the links page. Several article links on the links page have been repaired. The DB2 9 for z/OS catalog poster is available for download on the downloads page. The CA Performance Guide is available on the downloads page. New EXPLAIN queries are on the download page. We located the old BMC Performance Primer, and that's now on the downloads page. The DB2 9 for z/OS Reference Guide is on the downloads page. A query to list statments (Unicode or EBCDIC) is now on the downloads page. A link to a nice Julian date conversion chart is on the links page. Two REXX routines to scrape performance reports to make package performance listings are now on the downloads page. The events page has been updated with a huge list of inexpensive public classes. Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com The lastest podcast on DB2 and sorts is now available. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com The events and services pages have been brought up to date. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com DB2 9 for z/OS transition class information has been added. Our lastest zJournal article on Generic attach has been added to the links page. Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Updates to the site have begun. The links page has been updated with some corrected links to old articles, and some new links to the IBM DB2 site, products, and downloads. A new podcast on logical recovery has been added. More coming very soon, Yipee! Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com After several months of significant email and server problems we are finally on a new web server! Everything should be working normally now, and we are beginning a complete update of the site. Lots of new stuff coming really soon! If you recently sent an email or tried signing up for the mailing list and never got a response, please try again now! Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com There's a new podcast out there on DB2 9 for z/OS. Our email problems have been repaired. We've added some information about optimistic locking and histogram statistics on the download page, as well as for the latest podcast. Also, the events page has been updated with tons of IDUG involvement. Finally, the links page has been updated with new V9 related DB2 links. Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com More events have been added to the events page. The first podcast of our new series entitled Behind the Bar with The DB2 Cocktail Hour is now available on the podcast page. In addition, there are several multi-row fetch related downloads on both the podcast page for series 2, podcast 1, as well as the downloads page. This includes an article, presentation, and examples of multi-row fetch in a program. Tue, 26 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Several new links have been added to the links page, including several to IBM downloads. New events for 2007 have been added to the events page. Sat, 18 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com The events page has been brought up to date, and a new podcast about predictive analysis has been added. Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com The events page has been brought up to date, and the links page has been corrected for many of the article links. Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Our new podcast live from Europe is now available. Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com An article on DB2 for z/OS version, and the need for tools has been posted on the downloads page. More events added on the events page. Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com We've added yet another podcast on the podcasts page, and we're starting the plans for a new podcast series in 2007!. We've added two recusive SQL examples to the downloads page, as well as an article about the usefulness of tools with version 8 of DB2 for z/OS. Check out the events page with our jam packed fall schedule, and see if you can get some YLA education on the cheap! Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Another new podcast. Check out the updated fall event schedule, and cool poem on the home page! Mon, 08 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Two new podcasts. The web site is being totally redone with lots of new information coming on board. Stay tuned for updates! Sat, 08 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com The second of our series on SQL tuning podcastsis here! There is a new explain query and a REXX reference now available on the downloads page. Also new on the links page is out latest zJournal article on minimizing the impact of change on the database. Our list of public upcoming speaches and classes continues to grow! Check out where you can see us present for free or attend a class on the cheap on the events page. Coming in May...Our first ever live podcast! Come join us at the Marriott Hotel in Tampa Florida! More info to come on the podcast page. Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Another new podcast is here! See the story of Susan Lawson in DB2 Magazine. Follow the link to the article on our links page. Also new on the links page is a link to using DB2 with PHP. We have a huge list of public upcoming speaches and classes! Check out where you can see us present for free or attend a class on the cheap. Coming in May our first ever live podcast! Come join us at the Marriott Hotel in Tampa Florida! More info to come on the podcast page. Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Our special Valentine's Day podcast is now available! Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com So where is this month's podcast? The lack of a podcast means that we're extremely busy! It looks like 2006 is going to be a huge year for DB2 based upon the request for our services! While you wait for a new podcast in just a couple of weeks you can check out our extensive list of public classes on the services page and the events page. We also have a new download to convert an LRSN to a timestamp, and the links page has been updated with links to the DB2 V8 family reference guide and the CICS documentation library. Sat, 17 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Listen to our special Holiday podcast on minimizing change on the podcast page. The events page has also been updated with the fist public events of our 2006 schedule. Keep you eye on the events as we will quickly be adding many more early in January. We are now offering transition consulting, as well as transition classes. Also, our links page has been updated with a z/Journal article by Susan on z/OS statistics and diagnostics, and a link to our Compuware webinar on stored procedures. Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com The RUGS page has been updated with featured seminars and presentations, making it easier for the regional groups to pick our what we feel are our best presentations and seminars. Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com A very special podcast from IDUG Europe in Berlin, with some very special guests talking about the evolution of the DBA, so check it out. We also added the DB2 for z/OS EXPLAIN table DDL to the downloads page. Getting sick of looking for IBM manuals on the ever increasingly complex IBM website? Then check out the new links on our links page that take you right to the important pages for IBM manuals in pdf form. Sat, 08 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Check out our new podcast on DB2 for z/OS Version 8! Mon, 05 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Check out our new podcast on inserts, broadcast from Sout Africa! Our fall event schedule is in full swing, and we'll once again have a strong presence at IDUG Europe and the North American IBM DB2 Data Management Technical Conference. Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Our podcast series continues on strongly, so grab a brew and check it out. We've made important updates to the listcat space parser and open dataset generator on the downloads page. Our fall event schedule is filling up, and we'll once again have a strong presence at IDUG Europe and the North American IBM DB2 Data Management Technical Conference. Tue, 07 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Our latest podcast is now available. Go to the podcasts page of DB2EXPERT to listen to podcast 4 on dynamic SQL. Compuware and YLA also have a new webinar on the proper use of stored procedures, UDFs, and triggers. Go to the news page of DB2EXPERT, or compuware.com. Wed, 04 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Our latest podcast is now available. Go to the podcasts page of DB2EXPERT to listen to podcast 3 on sequential numbering. This is one of the biggest application performance bottlenecks, so have a listen and learn how to properly utilize DB2 to solve you sequential numbering problems. Sun, 01 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com We have a new useful tool on the downloads page. The DB2OPEN SQL statement generates REPAIR utility control cards for fast open of DB2 datasets. The events have been updated with our upcoming public appearences. Why not go to one of our pre-conference seminars at IDUG? The links page has been updated with a link to our latest article, and new DB2 links for Visual Explain and Estimator. The rugs page has been brought up to date with all of our latest presentations and seminars. Mon, 04 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com The DB2EXPERT.COM website is now RSS enabled! We've got feeds for the news page, and the podcasts page. You can go to those pages to get the URLs. Sun, 03 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Another new podcast! Check it out! Also, the events have been updated, and there are new links to Istek Consulting, and the DBAZine performance primer. Sat, 12 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com New and exciting....PODCASTS. Check out how we implement this new technology with our first series of DB2 podcasts, "The DB2 Cocktail Hour, with Susan Lawson and Dan Luksetich"! We will be doing one of these a month, and they'll be an awesome way for you to hear the latest information about the hottest DB2 topics. Check it out! Thu, 17 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Now available; A Russell Soundex function for DB2 for z/OS. An IBM enhancement? No, it's another YLA UDF. Check it out, along with a really useful index catalog query on the downloads page. As always we've got links to new articles on the links page, and lots of public speaking events on the events page. You can get great YLA education for less at IDUG North America. Be sure to take advantage of this opportunity. Check out the events page for the details. Wed, 27 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com DB2 for z/OS Version 8 DBA Certification Guide (2nd Edition) is Now Available!. Go to the links page, and follow the link to order it from Amazon.com! Thu, 8 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Check the events page to see if our V8 preview, courtesy of Compuware, is coming to your town! Also, there are three new articles on the links page, and three upcoming public classes on the services page (Including the IBM Technical Conference). The rugs page has also been updated with a complete list of all of our available presentations and seminars! Mon, 01 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Another white paper about IFCIDs on the downloads page. Mon, 23 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com New downloads include new UDFs TOTMON and JULIAN_DATE, and a new REXX program LCATSPCE. Updates to FAQs, and another white paper are in progress. Thu, 19 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com The links page has received a serious update! New additions include links to YLA books on sale at Amazon.com, along with many archived articles written by our consultants! BIG NEWS! YLA is now offering a one to five day DB2 for z/OS version 8 transition class Wed, 18 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Our Spring Speaking Schedule has been updated on the events page. Also, check out the latest offer from Compuware and YLA Sat, 19 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Our fall speaking and teaching schedule is filling up! Check it out on the events page. Mon, 02 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Finally, more downloads! have been added, including some examples of simple REXX/DB2 programs, a REXX/DB2 stored procedure client program, Java stored procedure and UDF examples, and some plan table queries. More to come! Mon, 19 May 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Many more events have been added, including the new addition of our TechKnowledge course schedule! Look for YLA speakers at all of the major IDUG and IBM DB2 events! New downloads finally coming this week! Tue, 14 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com The events page has been updated as our 2003 schedule is starting to come together. Coming soon, more additions to the FAQs, Links, and Downloads. Tue, 26 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com The following has been added to the downloads page: DB2 vs. Oracle TCO whitepaper, INSTJAR REXX routine to install a JAR file into the DB2 catalog, REPLJAR REXX routine to replace a JAR file in the DB2 catalog, YLAIDORD SQL/PSM procedure example Thu, 24 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Use the new email page to sign up for the email list, and keep up to date on all the new additions to this site. Wed, 23 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com The events page has been updated with information about the Sprinfield Symposium, and the CA European Road Show! The downloads page has been updated with information about downloads that should be available within a few days. Wed, 25 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com YLAPARSE is now available for download. This is a handy mainframe tool that eliminates white space from SQL statements, and can optionally remove SPUFI messages and add commits. Check it out on the downloads page. We'd like to thank everyone who came out to our sessions at the DB2 Technical Conference, as well as all those who stopped by the booth! Look for more downloads and FAQs soon! Tue, 27 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com The events page has been updated with our latest schedule, and new questions and answers have beened added to the FAQS page. Thu, 08 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com The DB2 for OS/390 bufferpool effectiveness spreadsheet has been added to the download page! The events page has been updated with our latest schedule. Mon, 24 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com A DB2LOOK command for DB2 for OS/390 has been added to the download page! The FAQS page has been updated with some utility questions. The events page has been updated with our latest schedule. Wed, 05 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com All of Rich Fazio's REXX programs from his June 6th presentation are available for download on the download page! Tue, 21 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Check out the new queries on the download page! We're still working on more REXX downloads, and the YLAPARSE program. Check back for these tools, as we should have updates every week. Wed, 15 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com Thanks to everyone who has stopped by the booth at IDUG, and spent some time to check out the web site, and some of the tools! For people who have asked, or are interested to know what we are without Richard, please take a look at the consultants page. We've dedicated ourselves to continuing his vision, and we have the talent, the relationship with IBM, and the will to do it! Sat, 11 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://www.db2expert.com We're just getting the site up and going. We've got tons of downloads and FAQS to be uploaded to the site! Over the next several weeks you can expect this site to grow significantly. YLA will have a strong presence at IDUG this year! Susan is doing an educational seminar on Sun, and Susan, Dan, and Terry are all speaking. Please check the events page for details. Stop by our booth for free goodies, and a chance to talk with our consultants and developers! We'll have DB2 running on our PCs, and one of our mainframes, so we've got the opportunity to try out the things you're interested in!