Re2: How Can We Help?
Hi Lori,
just a note about new VB6 & Enterprise.NET. I've develloped an analysis
application using ADO (VB6 SP3); when I installed SP4 and recompiled the
app,I ran into problems due to the way ADO handles things in SP4 so I reverted
back to SP3. This is just to bring-up a point = are you going to cover surviving
technologies OR just the latest ones. Thank you.
NOTE = I'm Glad to see you moving to the DB2 direction. This way I get all
my information in one place.
Samuel Kahled
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Samuel K.] at [2007-11-9 18:50:40]
# 1 Re: Re2: How Can We Help?
Hi Lori
I too am inerested in learning more about accessing DB2 with ADO. I am in
the position of having to build an internet solution with a DB2 back end
- problem is that I have been working exclusively with Microsoft tools/products
for the last 5 years and am unfamiliar with incorporating anything else.
An article (or better yet, an immediate response with some links) would be
super/
Mike
x dot c technologies
"Lori Piquet" <lpiquet@dev-archive.com> wrote:
>
>Welcome to the DB2 database discussion group. As part of our launch
>of the new Database Dev Zone, we're introducing a few new news-
>groups to the dev-archive lineup to align with our coverage of the most-used
>enterprise RDBMS systems in the marketplace. Use this group as a way to
>network with other DB2 developers to find answers to question or to
>discuss issues. The editors at dev-archive would like to know what kinds of
>articles and features would be most helpful to you so we can make the
>Database Dev Zone the best possible resource for DB2 programmers and
>administrators. Please post your suggestions here and we'll do every-
>thing we can to tailor our content for your needs.
>
>Enjoy.
>Lori Piquet
>Editor-in-chief
>dev-archive.com
>
# 2 Re: Re2: How Can We Help?
Hi Lori,
Buy everyone a SQL Server license? :-)
Really though, glad you guys set this group up. DB2 (UDB, really) on NT is
an ungainly beast, to say the least.
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Klaus H. Probst, MVP
http://www.vbbox.com/
http://www.mvps.org/ccrp/
"Lori Piquet" <lpiquet@dev-archive.com> wrote in message
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>
> Welcome to the DB2 database discussion group. As part of our launch
> of the new Database Dev Zone, we're introducing a few new news-
> groups to the dev-archive lineup to align with our coverage of the most-used
> enterprise RDBMS systems in the marketplace. Use this group as a way to
> network with other DB2 developers to find answers to question or to
> discuss issues. The editors at dev-archive would like to know what kinds of
> articles and features would be most helpful to you so we can make the
> Database Dev Zone the best possible resource for DB2 programmers and
> administrators. Please post your suggestions here and we'll do every-
> thing we can to tailor our content for your needs.
>
> Enjoy.
> Lori Piquet
> Editor-in-chief
> dev-archive.com
>
# 3 Re: Re2: How Can We Help?
Hi Samuel,
Your question, I think is more of a general one, but I'm happy to answer
it. Our goal at dev-archive is to cover both. We try to keep our ear to the ground
and keep the coverage of new technologies/products vs. past versions roughly
in proportion to the interest our readership shows in both. You'll probably
see .NET coverage increase this year because people are going to have questions
about how to use it and why it breaks everything ;-) But just because we're
increasing there doesn't mean we won't have plenty of content on VB6. And
this goes for everything else too.
At some point, of course, the number of people still using a product that's
several revs back becomes so few that it's hard to justify doing big features.
But our libraries, such as Get Help and the Tip Bank, have tons of archived
material that isn't going anywhere.
So what I'm basically saying is that we'll keep covering older technologies
for as long as the readership is still telling us that they want that information,
and leaving in our wake an archive of material that should hold its value
over time.
Thanks,
Lori Piquet
Editor-in-chief
"Samuel K." <Kahled@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>Hi Lori,
>just a note about new VB6 & Enterprise.NET. I've develloped an analysis
>application using ADO (VB6 SP3); when I installed SP4 and recompiled the
>app,I ran into problems due to the way ADO handles things in SP4 so I reverted
>back to SP3. This is just to bring-up a point = are you going to cover
surviving
>technologies OR just the latest ones. Thank you.
>
>NOTE = I'm Glad to see you moving to the DB2 direction. This way I get
all
>my information in one place.
>
>Samuel Kahled
>
# 4 Re: Re2: How Can We Help?
OK so that's two votes at least for DB2 with ADO. Duly noted.
Is anybody out here running the UDB/400 on AS/400? I'd be interested in general
reactions to AS/400 stories, both database related and otherwise.
Finally, how intested are you in the BI features of your DB systems? For
example, if we ran a feature on DB2's OLAP capabilities or data warehousing
techniques, would you read it? Or for most of you is that NMJ (not my job)?
Thanks for all replies. They are very helpful to me.
Lori Piquet
Editor-in-chief
"Michael J. Sunley" <mike.sunley@xdotc.com> wrote:
>
>Hi Lori
>
>I too am inerested in learning more about accessing DB2 with ADO. I am
in
>the position of having to build an internet solution with a DB2 back end
>- problem is that I have been working exclusively with Microsoft tools/products
>for the last 5 years and am unfamiliar with incorporating anything else.
>
>An article (or better yet, an immediate response with some links) would
be
>super/
>
>Mike
>x dot c technologies
>
>
>
>"Lori Piquet" <lpiquet@dev-archive.com> wrote:
>>
>>Welcome to the DB2 database discussion group. As part of our launch
>>of the new Database Dev Zone, we're introducing a few new news-
>>groups to the dev-archive lineup to align with our coverage of the most-used
>>enterprise RDBMS systems in the marketplace. Use this group as a way to
>
>>network with other DB2 developers to find answers to question or to
>>discuss issues. The editors at dev-archive would like to know what kinds of
>>articles and features would be most helpful to you so we can make the
>>Database Dev Zone the best possible resource for DB2 programmers and
>>administrators. Please post your suggestions here and we'll do every-
>>thing we can to tailor our content for your needs.
>>
>>Enjoy.
>>Lori Piquet
>>Editor-in-chief
>>dev-archive.com
>>
>
# 5 Re: Re2: How Can We Help?
"Lori Piquet" <lpiquet@dev-archive.com> wrote:
>
>Welcome to the DB2 database discussion group. As part of our launch
>of the new Database Dev Zone, we're introducing a few new news-
>groups to the dev-archive lineup to align with our coverage of the most-used
>enterprise RDBMS systems in the marketplace. Use this group as a way to
>network with other DB2 developers to find answers to question or to
>discuss issues. The editors at dev-archive would like to know what kinds of
>articles and features would be most helpful to you so we can make the
>Database Dev Zone the best possible resource for DB2 programmers and
>administrators. Please post your suggestions here and we'll do every-
>thing we can to tailor our content for your needs.
>
>Enjoy.
>Lori Piquet
>Editor-in-chief
>dev-archive.com
>
As a new comer to the DB2 world I would like to see some basic information
about installing the database. I downloaded the DB2 Ver 7 personal edition
from IBM's web site and I am unable to get the thing running. I have posted
the Error message I get when I try to run the Command Center and various
other aspects of the DB. I would like to see a beginners section to help
us that are new to the system get up and running. Thanks
mike at 2007-11-12 0:10:39 >
# 6 Re: Re2: How Can We Help?
Lori,
I am very interested in DB2 related topics for the AS/400 (iSeries) server.
We are using DB2 on the AS/400 for both transactional and datamart type
applications. IBM continues to add features and performance ehancements
to the product, which have made DB2 on this platform very much "on par" (if
not ahead) with the other major RDMS implementations...Oracle, Sybase,MS
SQL Server, etc. Let me know if you have specific ideas/questions related
to DB2 on the AS/400.
Gary at 2007-11-12 0:11:34 >
