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International DB2 User Group (IDUG) European Conference gets under way tomorrow Monday October 2 in Vienna, Austria at the Hilton Vienna. IDUG conferences are an excellent way to learn the latest DB2 technologies and to learn the tips and tricks from the fellow DB2 users. This year, there is also going to be something new. We will be announcing version 2.0 of the Starter Toolkit for DB2 on Rails. This third release in 4 months delivers much improved performance, support for XML data type and improved support for LOB and BLOB data types. Also much improved are Rails migrations. And as with the previous versions, version 2.0 provides an integrated installer that build a complete development environment of Ruby on Rails and DB2. It includes a free copy of DB2 Express – C. This s a full function DB2 data server that is free to develop, deploy distribute and, unlike other database “Express” database offerings does not have limits on either the size of the database or the number of users. There is also no time limit. To help DB2 community gain experience with Ruby on Rails I will be presenting a 2-part session on Wednesday October 4 at 1:30. This is session F10Ruby on Rails: Introducing a real gem of DB2 application development (Part 1 and 2). People attending this session will be the first ones to receive a CD-ROM containing Starter Toolkit for DB2 on Rails 2.0.