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• Configuring ClearQuest to use DB2 as your back-end RDBMS
  As you may know, IBM® Rational® ClearQuest® supports several different relational database management systems (RDBMS) on the back-end. It is important to recognize, though, that different database vendors have various default settings that could influence ClearQuest's configuration and deployment. When the ClearQuest administrator is not familiar with the specific attributes of a particular RDBMS, configuring ClearQuest can become rather time-consuming. If you want to use DB2 as your back-end database, but have limited experience on DB2, this article should serve as a good point of reference.
• IBM WebSphere Developer Technical Journal: Enabling a service-oriented architecture with SDO and the JDBC Data Access Service
  This article provides an executive overview of the Data Access Services (DAS) that ship with IBM Rational Application Developer V6, and explains the role that these access services play in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) that uses Service Data Objects (SDO).
• Rapid application DB2: Build DB2/WebSphere applications using IBM Enterprise Generation Language
  Learn how to use Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) -- IBM's strategic fourth-generation language--to rapidly build enterprise-quality Web applications that access DB2 table data. We show the entire development process, from design through implementation, using a simple example built around the DB2 sample tables. Included is an introduction to the Rational Software Development Platform (and specifically RAD and RSA), along with elementary concepts of JSF (Java Server Faces) technology, which is IBM's strategic direction for User Interface design and development.
• Modeling a DB2 UDB database with IBM Rational XDE Developer for Java: An introduction
  This article shows you the basics of how to model a DB2 UDB database using IBM Rational XDE Developer for Java.

Webcast: How to Boost Performance of your XML Data in DB2
Today, most XML content is stored either in file systems or in relational or pure XML databases. When stored in relational databases, the XML data is either shredded or stored as a single object (BLOB/CLOB). While these methods have their advantages, retrieving and updating this data can be expensive and time-consuming. At the same time, most pure XML databases cannot scale to meet the needs of many organizations and also limit the ability to leverage the investments many organizations have already made in relational technology. Find out how DB2 plans to solve these performance problems with new XML technology designed to provide high performance. This Rational Software Development Platform webcast will discuss new native XML storage, indexing techniques, and access methods designed to deliver high performance for your XML data.

Webcast: Webcast: Java database development with DB2 UDB, Cloudscape, and Informix Dynamic Server
Are you up-to-date on the latest advances in Java database development using IBM database servers? This webcast will cover the latest topics for database development using JDBC, SQLJ, and server-side Java stored procedures and functions. We will cover the latest versions of IBM Cloudscape, DB2 UDB Family of servers, and Informix Dynamic Server. This webcast will also explain how Rational Application Developer and WebSphere Application Server products are optimized for these database servers. Attend this Software Development Platform webcast on 11/03 at 11:00 am EDT to participate in interactive Q&A with presenter.

• Configuring ClearQuest to use DB2 as your back-end RDBMS
  As you may know, IBM® Rational® ClearQuest® supports several different relational database management systems (RDBMS) on the back-end. It is important to recognize, though, that different database vendors have various default settings that could influence ClearQuest's configuration and deployment. When the ClearQuest administrator is not familiar with the specific attributes of a particular RDBMS, configuring ClearQuest can become rather time-consuming. If you want to use DB2 as your back-end database, but have limited experience on DB2, this article should serve as a good point of reference.