Category Archives: db2

ZF2 and DB2 for IBM i

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Alan Seiden

Alan answers questions about DB2 for IBM i support in Zend Framework 2. Continue reading →

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Alan Seiden Consulting LLC

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Alan Seiden

I’ve started a consulting firm dedicated to helping companies attain superior results with PHP, Zend Framework, IBM i, and related technologies such as Zend Server, DB2, and the new PHP toolkit. We will provide guidance and best practices, training, mentoring, … Continue reading →

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Toolkit webcast tomorrow, April 5

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Alan Seiden

Tomorrow I’m presenting a new webcast, New PHP Toolkit from Zend and IBM: Open Source on IBM i, as part of System i Network’s free “Virtual Conference.” Date: Thursday, April 5 Time: 11:15am ET Registration (free): http://tinyurl.com/new-toolkit-20120405 Other presentations in … Continue reading →

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Web performance webinar today

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Alan Seiden

Hope you can join me for “Web performance first aid,” a webcast for the COMMON user group. The webcast will be recorded and archived for future listenings as well. The webcast is for COMMON members, so anyone wanting to hear … Continue reading →

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Zend Framework DB2 adapter for IBM i

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Alan Seiden

I recently received a question about how to use DB2 with Zend Framework on IBM i. Thomas wrote: I would like to start with Zend Framework on i5 [IBM i] with Zend Server and ZF’s DB2 database adapter. I got … Continue reading →

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NEUGC and COMMON are coming right up

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Alan Seiden

Next week I’ll be in Framingham to present at the Northeast System i Users Groups Conference (NEUGC). In early May,  it’s Minneapolis for the COMMON 2011 annual meeting. Here are the dates and places of these great conferences: NEUGC: April … Continue reading →

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MySQL is still alive on IBM i

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Alan Seiden

Despite Oracle’s decision to discontinue distributions of MySQL on IBM i, the open source nature of MySQL’s license gives hope that other entities, possibly IBM, may help keep the popular database thriving for IBM i users. Continue reading →

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