RE: DB2 UDB Extenders - Where's the documentation???

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
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Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:28 AM
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Subject: Re: DB2 UDB Extenders - Where's the documentation???

Because the extender features are generic across DB2, documentation
is somewhat limited in what is specific to the DB2 for i5/OS. I believe
it is the V8 [Version 8] that is delivered as 5722-DE1 for i5/OS V5R4;
see the ftp link below which suggests that is the case. However the
link I have for i5/OS V5R2 documentation [SH12-6720] is from V7 [Version
7.2]. That documentation will probably suffice for your inquiry,
including direction to use QSHELL for the administrator commands [thus
the *nix variant examples]:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/books/h1267201.pdf

Thanks Chuck! This is what I was hoping for...to bad it wasn't kept up to date, but as you said it
should be enough.

Another link I had, but which is now dead, for which I can not find a
replacement:
http://www-
306.ibm.com/software/data/db2/extenders/text/teiseries/support.html

Yes, I found that one. Used the "contact us" to pass it back to IBM, we'll see if I hear back.

Additionally:

A google search on "DB2 UDB Text Extender" is a decent search against
site:ibm.com, and should lead to the IBM URLs for the DB2 family:
www.ibm.com/db2 which resolves to /software/data/db2

The following is a document from the DB2 for i5/OS group, giving an
update for capabilities in v6r1 of i5/OS [now the i operating system 6.1
?] and reference to the extender capabilities available on prior
releases of i5/OS:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/systems/support/system_i/techoverviews/v6r1/V6R
1_DB2_Related.pdf

Ran across that. Glad to know I read it the same way as you did.

The following is a support page for the DB2 family:
http://www.ibm.com/software/data/db2/support/textextender/
The following is under 'Learn' at the above support page:
http://publibfp.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/h1267480.pdf

That's the one I downloaded.

I thought there was at least one Redbooks document which covered Text
Extender function, but I only found Chapter 3 of the following .pdf with
link from abstract:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246130.html?Open
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246130.pdf
and Chapter 9 as a general Extenders overview in the following .pdf
with link from abstract:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246539.html?Open
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246539.pdf

I'll check those out.

Meanwhile, any idea how
5722DE1 1 Text Extender for iSeries
5722DE1 3 Text Search Engine

Relate to each other?

Thanks again!

Charles


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