By Lisa Vaas – IBM is launching a mastery exam to help database administrators identify and resolve thorny issues, the company announced last week. The DB2 Problem Determination Mastery Exam will give DBAs the skills to investigate and isolate database issues.

By Quentin Presley – This tutorial shows how to make your DB2 data accessible through Web services using the Application Developer configuration of WebSphere Studio v.5 on the Windows platform to develop and test Web services for DB2 data.

By Dwaine Snow – This tutorial discusses the creation of DB2 databases as well as the various methods used for placing and storing objects within a database. This is the second tutorial in a series of six tutorials that you can use to help prepare for the DB2 V8.1 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Databa

The latest full-text Extender incorporates DB2 Text Information Extender.

by Roman Melnyk, Paul Zikopoulos – “This is a fantastic and comprehensive reference covering the essentials of 7.2” Recommended by Lisa M.

IBM has agreed to acquire Aptrix, a maker of Web content management software, in a move to bulk up its Lotus Web development portfolio.Aptrix technology was designed to work with current Lotus Domino, WebSphere and DB2 Content Manager environments.

Now available is the Problem Determination Mastery Exam for DB2 Universal Database (UDB) — the industry’s first standalone measure of problem determination skills. Based on customer feedback, this concise exam was developed by IBM’s leading DB2 UDB technical support staff. The exam is designed to p

The International DB2 Users Group (IDUG) welcomed DB2 professionals, and many of the industry’s leading vendors to the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, May 19-23, to exchange a wealth of DB2 information and resources at IDUG 2003 – North America.

Susan Visser responds: DB2 has eight current certification exams that can lead to seven different certification roles. The most common certification is DB2 Database Administration. Four exams cover v.7 content:

By David Kline – This article explains how to use a user exit program to manage the archiving and retrieving of database log files for DB2 UDB.