The variable change w=exp(u) is applied to establish novel integral
representations of the Riemann zeta(s,a)-function, incomplete gamma- function,
confluent hypergeometric Phi-function and beta-function. Using these
representations we give a "pedagogically instructive" proof of the well known
approximate functional relation for the Riemann zeta-function and derive
Hurwitz representation of the zeta(s,a)- function.