Dec 99

November 30, 1999

To: Los Angeles Area DB2 Users Group Members

The next meeting of the Los Angeles Area DB2 User Group will be on Thursday, December 2, at the Sequoia Conference Center in Buena Park.

Directions: The Sequoia Conference Center is located at 7530 Orangethorpe Avenue, Buena Park, CA. Telephone is (714) 670-9252. It is one block north of the 91 Freeway at the Beach Boulevard exit (same exit as for Knott’s Berry Farm). Click here for specific driving directions from your location.

Coffee and free food will be served at 8:30 am; the presentations will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at about 12:00.

December Presentation
WHAT'S NEW IN DB2 – VERSION 6

You have probably heard that IBM 's DB2 is now Web-ready and that UDB is now on OS/390. What exactly does this mean? This presentation is a primer for version 6 and should help remove the mystery. New data types, user defined data types, user-defined functions, triggers and procedures make this a major release for IBM and for you the DBA.

DB2 DATABASE WEB INTEGRATION

The overwhelming growth of the Internet has open up another access port for information. Information that resides on many databases in your organization. The challenge to the DBA and application developer is to access information from various data sources and display this information on the Internet in a safe and consistent manner. This presentation is intended to describe the components required for presenting data from a DB2 database to an Internet Web page.

Speaker Bio

Mike Sniezek has worked in Information Technology since 1976 and is currently working with BMC Software as an Enterprise Software Consultant. He has worked with relational technology since 1984, specializing in distributed technology as a consultant and lecturer. Mike has lectured throughout the world presenting topics related to relational database architecture and the Internet.