Re: Adjusting to DB2

Mark A wrote:
> "DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message
> news:1130389964.393150_at_yasure...
> > Mark Townsend wrote:
> >
> >> Well - after a little bit of net sleuthing, I think I know a little bit
> >> of Mark's background, and I do believe that he has a great deal of real
> >> world experience with DB2 on the mainframe, at least. So I would think
> >> that some level of professional courtesy is due (and it should be
> >> reciprocal as well, of course).
> >
> > Given my complete trust in your research capabilities ... I will rescind
> > my statement with the caveat that his experience is on mainframe DB2.
> > Not DB2 on *NIX. Not DB2 on AS400. Not DB2 on Windows. And most
> > certainly not anything having to do with Oracle.
> >
> > So how come he doesn't know what instrumentation is? The one decently
> > instrumented DB2 implementation is the mainframe version.
> > --
> > Daniel A. Morgan
>
> Although I do have many years of experience on DB2 for z/OS (since 1987), I
> am equally knowledgeable about DB2 for LUW (Since 1990 when it was
> originally called OS/2 Database Manager). I am an IBM certified DBA on both
> products. For the past 4 years, I have worked about 90% of my time as a DBA
> on DB2 for LUW, on every supported OS except HP/UX.

So would you say any of these would be worthwhile? http://btob.barnesandnoble.com/index.asp?r=1&btob=Y

How is certification viewed in the DB2 community? It's dissed in some other communities.

jg

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