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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
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
SQL for eServer i5 and iSeries by Kevin Forsythe
Database Design & Programming for DB2 for i by Paul Conte
Tutorials
NEWS400:  "Online DB2 for i SQL Tutorial" by Paul Conte
Magazines

The following magazines frequently feature DB2 for i:

DB2 Magazine
DB2 developerWorks
System i NEWS
IBM Systems Magazine
MC Press Online
Articles
DB2 Magazine:  OmniFind finds DB2 for i

MC Press:  Finding SQL Server (QSQSRVR) mode jobs

System i NEWS:  Essentials Ways to use Plan Cache Performance Tool (PDF, 2.1MB)

System i NEWS:  Analyze DB2 Index Usage with SYSPARTITIONINDEXSTAT

System i NEWS:  DB2 RCLSTG and SQL Programming Snafus

System i NEWS:  Query Optimization in DB2 for i (PDF, 5MB)

System i NEWS:  DB2 for i: Database Security Essentials

DB2 Magazine:  Pinpointing Problematic SQL with System i Navigator

System i NEWS:  Essential Guide to Security and the Data Warehouse (PDF, 2.5MB)

MC Press:  Taming EJB 3 Development on DB2 for i

System i NEWS:  Insert on FROM - Application Simplification

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

System i NEWS:  Whole New Level of DB2 for i Query Rewrite (PDF, 490KB)

MC Press:  Exploit IBM DB2 for i Database Development with JDBC 4.0

System i NEWS:  Multidimensional Grouping Made Easy (PDF, 468KB)

MC Press:  Take Control of DB2 for i Performance with V6R1 System i Navigator

DB2 Magazine:  Protecting and Managing DB2 for i Identity Columns

MC Press:  V6R1 SQL Query Engine Delivers on Its Promise

System i NEWS:  Leap Ahead with DB2 for V6R1

MC Press:  RUNSQLSTM is Bigger and Better in V6R1

System i NEWS:  BLOB Coding with RPG

MC Press:  V6R1 SQL RPG Precompiler Enhancements

MC Press:  V6R1 DB2 for i Highlights

MC Press:   V6R1 Breathes Life Into into DB2 for i .NET Provider
MC Press:   Procedures, and Functions, and Catalogs! Oh My!
MC Press:   DB2 Web Query Drill Downs
DB2 Magazine:   Simplified Management of External Functions and Procedures
MC Press:   Putting Business Intelligence at Your Fingertips, Part II
MC Press:   Putting Business Intelligence at Your Fingertips, Part I
DB2 developerWorks:   Managing DB2 for i Schemas and Journals
DB2 Magazine:   The Case of The Missing Index
MC Press:   Bridge the Legacy-to-Java Transition with DB2 for i Distributed Transactions
DB2 developerWorks:   Control SQL cursor scoping within SQL procedures, triggers, and functions
MC Press:   DB2 Locking and Concurrency for Java Developers
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
MC Press"Improve Your Productivity with Significant Enhancements in DB2 SQL" by Jarek Miszczyk
MC Press"Cut Your Development Effort with DB2 Development Add-in for .NET" by Jarek Miszczyk
MC Press"The Power & Magic of LPG on Query Performance" by Mike Cain & Robert Bestgen
MC Press".NET Integration with DB2 for i" 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" by Kent Milligan
System i NEWSTake Advantage of User-Defined SQL Errors by Jarek Miszczyk
System i NEWSDB2 for i & Project eLiza by Kent Milligan
System i NEWSOpen Doors to non-iSeries Data 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" by Kent Milligan
System i NEWS"Is DDS Dead?" by Paul Conte
System i NEWS'To DBA or Not to DBA' by Kent Milligan
System i NEWS"Query Performance Tuner" 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" by Richard Winter
System i NEWS"SQL/400 vs. RPG IV: Which One's Faster?" by Paul Conte


 
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Additonal 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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