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Very relatable. Many teams discover TPT's update semantics only after auditing target activity and noticing updates arriving as delete/insert pairs. Once understood, it becomes a design consideration rather than an operational concern. ------------------------------ Neha Goel *Precisely Software Inc. ...

This is a valuable lesson for anyone working with Db2 z/OS. The challenge is that package creation happens only once, so the issue often stays hidden until an upgrade or environment rebuild forces a rebind. Having BINDADD, NULLID access, and package EXECUTE checks in the deployment runbook can save hours ...

This is a valuable lesson for ETL practitioners. Resource monitors tell you what is happening, but log messages like MOREMEMFORCPUS often tell you why it is happening. Designing for parallelism is usually the turning point between acceptable and exceptional throughput. ------------------------------ ...

Excellent explanation of the distinction between SORTEDOUTPUT and /STABLE. Many ordering issues only surface when data volumes grow, making them difficult to reproduce and troubleshoot after deployment. ------------------------------ Neha Goel *Precisely Software Inc. ------------------------------

Great write-up. RSL is often viewed as an advanced feature, but for schema-different promotions, it quickly becomes the safest and most scalable approach. The structured export files make model changes far more auditable than manual GUI edits. ------------------------------ Neha Goel *Precisely Software ...

That's a valuable insight. It highlights how validating the environment and required prerequisites before the first connection can help avoid troubleshooting issues that only appear at runtime. ------------------------------ Sathya LJK *Precisely Software Inc. ------------------------------

What I noticed I ran into a feature in Connect CDC that doesn't seem to get much attention - Journal Target Mapping. It's straightforward, but it opens up some useful patterns if you're doing more ...

What I noticed While working with Connect CDC, I spent time looking closely at how data is applied to the target. One feature that stood out was transaction bundling. It directly affects how efficiently ...

After spending more time with Connect CDC, I ran into a feature called Join Tables that quietly removes a common need for an extra ETL step. It lets you enrich rows during replication itself, instead of ...