Re: Elevator speech on DB2 development and web enablement?

[Henrik Rützou <hr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kelly

JSON as weel as XML can be stored in a BLOB/CLOB fields i DB2.

This is however not the problem, but COBOL/RPG are since they are
SBCS languages and JSON is UTF-8 (Unicode) datastreams so
any characters in the store JSON must be within the range of the
SBCS EBCDIC codepage the program is running under.



On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Kelly Cookson <KCookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> My apologies for such an open-ended question.
>
> We're a COBOL shop (split between ILE and OPM). From what I can tell, our
> COBOL developers don't do much more with DB2 than create physical files and
> logical files using DDS. We have several SQL queries. We also have several
> stored procedures. But mostly our developers write COBOL programs that use
> record level access.
>
> I have the IBM Redbook on modernization, and I'm starting to read the
> chapter on data-centric development.
>
> I'd appreciate any thoughts or info on the following:
>
>
> 1.    I know DB2 for i has some new capabilities around storing JSON. What
> other capabilities does DB2 have that would be useful for web and mobile
> development? What should we be taking advantage of in DB2 for web and
> mobile enablement?
>
>
>
> 2.    I have a very vague idea that moving business logic and development
> from COBOL into DB2 as much as possible is a good thing. But I don't really
> understand. I can't explain what this means, why we should do it, or offer
> a few good examples. Would someone mind briefly sharing some ideas or
> talking points for a good elevator speech?
>
> Thanks in advance for any insights and info.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kelly Cookson
> IT Project Leader
> Dot Foods, Inc.
> 1.217.773.4486 ext. 12676
> kcookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:kcookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
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