Category Archives: database

Checking on HADR

Posted on February 20, 2013 by raju

By now I am sure lot of db2 users have adopted DB2 HADR as one of their high availability solution.  IBM has matured HADR over the last two versions and its becoming more and more robust.  Couple of years ago … Continue reading →

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A quick overview of DB2′s INGEST

Posted on January 31, 2013 by rpillai

As a DB2 DBA or as data integrator we all face a challenge in loading large amount of data into DB2 database while up keeping the 24×7 availability of the tables.  Traditionally we use LOAD or sometimes IMPORT while loading … Continue reading →

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ADMIN_MOVE_TABLE

Posted on October 29, 2012 by rpillai

Have you ever had to move a table from one tablespace to another ?  If you haven’t then you haven’t been working with lot of large tables. Ask a dba who supports SAP, Siebel or PeopleSoft database.  Traditionally when a … Continue reading →

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PHP & Postgres

Posted on October 28, 2012 by rpillai

I have been using PHP for a while now.  When people say PHP, its usually associated with     MySQL as its backend database. But PHP will work with pretty much any database.  Few years ago I wrote about how … Continue reading →

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