Exploring the IBM OmniFind Text Search Server - Tom McKinley

OmniFind Text Search Server on DB2 for IBM i provides complex text search capability on many different kinds of documents such as XML, HTML, PDF, MS EXCEL, MS Word and lotus documents. DB2 for IBM i integrates this powerful text search capability into the SQL language. Come and explore this new powerful Text search engine and learn how you might incorporate it into your applications.

Tom McKinley

IBM Lab Services Consultant

Tom McKinley is an IBM Lab Services Consultant working on DB2 for IBM i in Rochester MN. His main focus is complex query performance associated with Business Intelligence running on Very Large Databases. He worked as a developer or performance analyst in the DB area from 1986 until 2006. Some of his Major pieces of work include the Symmetric Multiple processing capabilities of DB2 for IBM i as well as Large Object Data types. In addition he was on the original team that designed and built the SQL Query Engine. Prior to Database, he worked on Licensed Internal Code for System 34 and System 36.