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White Papers
Indexing and Statistics Strategy for DB2 for i
Protecting i5/OS Data With Encryption
Improving SQL Procedure Performance
DB2 SMP for iSeries: Database Parallelism
Exploring the IBM OmniFind Text Search Server
The Creation and Use of Materialized Query Tables Within DB2 for i
Case Study: Modernizing a DB2 for i Application
Moving from OPNQRYF to SQL

Case Study: DB2 for i SQL Performance

Why System i for Business intelligence? (PDF, 192KB)
DB2 for i & the Microsoft .NET Framework
Building .NET-based Web Services for DB2 for i
Table Partitioning Strategies for DB2 for i
Accessing DB2 for i data from Linux Clients
Accessing DB2 for i from a System i AIX Partition
Graphical Debugger makes Procedural SQL Debug Even Easier
Heterogeneous Data Access for i5/OS Applications
Star Schema Join Support within DB2 for i
Developing Distributed Applications with DB2 for i &MTS
DB2 for i Overview
Resources for porting to DB2 for i
What does DB2 UDB on the iSeries really mean?
IBM PartnerWorld DB2 White Papers
Porting MySQL Applications to System i Platform
Using SQL Views and Stored Procedures with DB2 Web Query
Books
DB2 for i Related Redbooks
SQL for DB2 for i by Paul Conte & Mike Cravitz (link resides outside ibm.com)
SQL for eServer i5 and iSeries by Kevin Forsythe (link resides outside ibm.com)
Database Design & Programming for DB2 for i by Paul Conte (link resides outside ibm.com)
Tutorials
NEWS400: "Online DB2 for i SQL Tutorial" (link resides outside ibm.com) by Paul Conte
Magazines

The following magazines frequently feature DB2 for i:

IBM Data Management (formerly DB2 Magazine)
DB2 developerWorks (link resides outside ibm.com)
System i NEWS (link resides outside ibm.com)
IBM Systems Magazine (link resides outside ibm.com)
MC Press Online (link resides outside ibm.com)
Articles
IBM Data Management: Gauge SQE Usage in DB2 for i 6.1

System i NEWS: Auditing and Tracking STRSQL Usage (link resides outside ibm.com)

IBM Data Management: Dervied Key Indexes in DB2 for i 6.1 (link resides outside ibm.com)

DB2 Magazine: OmniFind finds DB2 for i (link resides outside ibm.com)

MC Press: Finding SQL Server (QSQSRVR) mode jobs (link resides outside ibm.com)

System i NEWSEssential Ways to use Plan Cache Performance Tool (PDF, 2.1MB)

System i NEWS: Analyze DB2 Index Usage with SYSPARTITIONINDEXSTAT (link resides outside ibm.com)

System i NEWS: DB2 RCLSTG and SQL Programming Snafus (link resides outside ibm.com)

System i NEWSQuery Optimization in DB2 for i (PDF, 5MB)

System i NEWS: DB2 for i: Database Security Essentials (link resides outside ibm.com)

DB2 Magazine: Pinpointing Problematic SQL with System i Navigator (link resides outside ibm.com)

System i NEWSEssential Guide to Security and the Data Warehouse (PDF, 2.5MB) by Kent Milligan

MC Press: Taming EJB 3 Development on DB2 for i (link resides outside ibm.com)

System i NEWS: Insert on FROM - Application Simplification (link resides outside ibm.com)

System i NEWSBest Practices for Great BI Performance with IBM DB2 for i (PDF, 3.3MB)

System i NEWSWhole New Level of DB2 for i Query Rewrite (PDF, 490KB) by Kent Milligan

MC Press: Exploit IBM DB2 for i Database Development with JDBC 4.0 (link resides outside ibm.com)

System i NEWSMultidimensional Grouping Made Easy (PDF, 468KB)

MC Press: Take Control of DB2 for i Performance with V6R1 System i Navigator (link resides outside ibm.com)

DB2 Magazine: Protecting and Managing DB2 for i Identity Columns (link resides outside ibm.com)

MC Press: V6R1 SQL Query Engine Delivers on Its Promise (link resides outside ibm.com)

System i NEWS: Leap Ahead with DB2 for V6R1 (link resides outside ibm.com)

MC Press: RUNSQLSTM is Bigger and Better in V6R1 (link resides outside ibm.com)

System i NEWS: BLOB Coding with RPG (link resides outside ibm.com)

MC Press: V6R1 SQL RPG Precompiler Enhancements (link resides outside ibm.com)

MC Press: V6R1 DB2 for i Highlights (link resides outside ibm.com)

MC Press: V6R1 Breathes Life Into into DB2 for i .NET Provider (link resides outside ibm.com)
MC Press: Procedures, and Functions, and Catalogs! Oh My! (link resides outside ibm.com)
MC Press: DB2 Web Query Drill Downs (link resides outside ibm.com)
DB2 Magazine: Simplified Management of External Functions and Procedures (link resides outside ibm.com)
MC Press: Putting Business Intelligence at Your Fingertips, Part II (link resides outside ibm.com)
MC Press: Putting Business Intelligence at Your Fingertips, Part I (link resides outside ibm.com)
DB2 developerWorks: Managing DB2 for i Schemas and Journals
DB2 Magazine: The Case of The Missing Index (link resides outside ibm.com)
MC Press: Bridge the Legacy-to-Java Transition with DB2 for i Distributed Transactions (link resides outside ibm.com)
DB2 developerWorks: Control SQL cursor scoping within SQL procedures, triggers, and functions
MC Press: DB2 Locking and Concurrency for Java Developers (link resides outside ibm.com)
Redbooks Technote: Index Advisor and Autonomic Indexes
IBM Systems Magazine: The Optimizer Takes Its Own Advice with Autonomic Indexes
IBM Systems Magazine: On Demand Index Advice for DB2 for i
DB2 developerWorks: Score optimization goals with SQL performance on DB2 for i
DB2 developerWorks: DB2 for i Query Optimizer and Database Engine Feedback Tools
DB2 developerWorks: Use PHP scripts to access DB2 for i data with Zend Core for i5/OS
System i NEWSV5R4 Recursive SQL & OLAP Functions (PDF, 684KB) by Kent Milligan
System i NEWSUnderstanding SQL Access Plans & Open Data Paths (PDF, 134KB) by Daniel Cruikshank
System i NEWSPerformance Comparison of DDS-Defined Files and SQL-Defined Files (PDF, 515KB) by Daniel Cruikshank
MC PressA Fast Path to XML Integration with DB2 for i (link resides outside ibm.com)
MC Press"Improve Your Productivity with Significant Enhancements in DB2 SQL" by Jarek Miszczyk (link resides outside ibm.com)
MC Press"Cut Your Development Effort with DB2 Development Add-in for .NET" by Jarek Miszczyk (link resides outside ibm.com)
MC Press"The Power & Magic of LPG on Query Performance" (link resides outside ibm.com) by Mike Cain & Robert Bestgen
MC Press".NET Integration with DB2 for i" (link resides outside ibm.com) by Jarek Miszczyk
System i NEWS'Free Your Apps From Key Generation with DB2 Sequence' by Kent Milligan
System i NEWS'Taking on a DB2 UDB Identity' (PDF, 53.6KB) by Kent Milligan
IBM Systems Magazine'Safeguarding sensitive data with DB2 UDB encryption'
IBM Systems Magazine"Port of Entry - DB2 UDB V5R2 Overview" by Kent Milligan
DB2 developerWorks"Process Your iSeries Indexes in Parallel" (link resides outside ibm.com) by Kent Milligan
System i NEWSTake Advantage of User-Defined SQL Errors (link resides outside ibm.com) by Jarek Miszczyk
System i NEWSDB2 for i & Project eLiza by Kent Milligan
System i NEWSOpen Doors to non-iSeries Data (link resides outside ibm.com) by Kent Milligan
System i NEWS'The Query Optimizer and Database Statistics: Two Cases'
Got Those Query Blues?
DB2 developerWorks"Packaging Stored Procedures into iSeries Apps" (link resides outside ibm.com) by Kent Milligan
System i NEWS"Is DDS Dead?" (link resides outside ibm.com) by Paul Conte
System i NEWS'To DBA or Not to DBA' by Kent Milligan
The AS/400 Strategist'A New Approach to Enforcing Business Rules with DB2 for i' by Kent Milligan
Intelligent Enterprise"Indexing Goes a New Direction" (link resides outside ibm.com) by Richard Winter
System i NEWS"SQL/400 vs. RPG IV: Which One's Faster?" (link resides outside ibm.com) by Paul Conte




 
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Additional info
Download a Summary of the DB2 for i 6.1 (i5/OS V6R1) Enhancements (109KB)
Download a Summary of the DB2 for i 5.4 (i5/OS V5R4) Enhancements (69KB)
DB2 Family Common SQL Reference Document

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