A few days after I posted my first GO article (Quick Start in accessing Db2 for z/OS from a GO application), customers start to ask me for alternative since they don't want to use CLIdriver. Other option is to use Db2 native REST service. In the following article, I show how to do this step by step.…

GO/GoLang is an open source programming language that is getting popular in the recent years because of its performance, memory usage, built-in concurrency mechanism, and powerful libraries, etc.

In my following blog, I am going to show you how to to connect to Db2 for z/OS in a GO…

After publishing a few blogs on Db2 for zOS REST service, I start getting questions on how to create/invoke a REST service to call a SQLPL. In the following article, I am going to show you how to create and invoke such service.…

Kubeflow is known as “Machine Learning toolkits for Kubernetes”. It is an open source project dedicated to making deployments of machine learning (ML) workflows on Kubernetes simple, portable and scalable. Kubeflow Pipelines is one of Kubeflow key components which provides a platform for building, deploying, and managing multi-step workflows on Kubernetes (based on Docker containers).…

In the recent customers’ conference calls, a lot of customers are confused about Db2 for z/OS JSON capability and Native REST services. They think they are the same thing. In fact, they are completely different. In the following article, I will describe the difference and share the questions I have been asked many times. A node.js application is included as example to invoke a Db2 native REST service.…

With Db2 for z/OS continuous delivery model, new Db2 for z/OS features/enhancements are continuously delivered in service stream when they are ready. LISTAGG is one of first set of functions delivered in function level 501 since Db2 adopted continuous delivery model.

In the…

Python is one of the most commonly used programming language. Its interactive mode is ideal for prototype development and ad-hoc tasks. There is also a development GUI. Both are free to download or use under open source license. In the following article, I am going to show you how to use Python to connect to DB2 11 for z/OS and perform some basic database operations.…

DB2 for z/OS delivered native REST services support in the end of 2016. I wrote 2 white paper on how to create a DB2 REST service and how to consume this service from a mobile device. I start getting enquiries on how to consume a DB2 REST service from a node.js application. In the following blog, I am going to share my…

Using machine learning features in Spark and an easy to follow example, learn how you can build/train/test a machine learning model using data from DB2 for z/OS.

Machine Learning using DB2 for z/OS data and Spark Part 1
https://medium.com/@janeman98/machine-learning-using-db2-for-z-os-data-and-spark-part-1-134c6bd0c90d

Machine Learning using DB2…

Want to share my recent research on this topic:

Spark Analytics for XML data in DB2 for z/OS – Part 1 : scala.xml.XML
http://ibm.co/2frZw2y

Spark Analytics for XML data in DB2 for z/OS – Part 2 : databricks XML package – on a single XML document
http://ibm.co/2frZE22

Spark Analytics for XML data in DB2 for z/OS – Part 3 : databricks XML package – on XML data in…